The modern constellation Triangulum Australe is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty, this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) under the name Triangle (三角形, Sānjiǎoxíng).
Atria (Alpha Trianguli Australis) is the brightest star in this constellation. It is never seen in the Chinese sky
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 南三角座 (nán sān jiǎo zuò), meaning "the southern triangle constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Triangulum Australe area consists of : Four Symbols Mansion (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Proper Name Chinese star name Romanization Translation -近南極星區 (non-mansions)Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)三角形SānjiǎoxíngTriangleγ TrA AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 29 日三角形一 Sānjiǎoxíngyī1st starβ TrA三角形二Sānjiǎoxíngèr2nd starα TrAAtria三角形三Sānjiǎoxíngsān3rd starδ TrA三角形增一Sānjiǎoxíngzēngyī1st additional starε TrA三角形增二Sānjiǎoxíngzēngèr2nd additional star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
References
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