The modern constellation Tucana 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 Crane (鶴, Hè) and Bird's Beak (鳥喙, Niǎohuì).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 杜鵑座 (dù juān zuò), meaning "the cuckoo constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Tucana 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)鳥喙NiǎohuìBird's Beakα Tuc AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 30 日 Lang-Exter鳥喙一 Niǎohuìyī1st starδ Tuc鳥喙二 Niǎohuìèr2nd starHD 224361 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System 鳥喙三 Niǎohuìsān3rd starβ1 Tuc鳥喙四 Niǎohuìsì4th starρ Tuc鳥喙五 Niǎohuìwǔ5th starζ Tuc鳥喙六 Niǎohuìliù6th starε Tuc鳥喙七 Niǎohuìqī7th starη Tuc鳥喙增一 Niǎohuìzēngyī1st additional star鶴HèCraneγ Tuc鶴五Hèwǔ5th star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
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