Pyxis_in_Chinese_astronomy Knowpia

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Pyxis is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 羅盤座 (luó pán zuò), meaning "the compass constellation".

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The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pyxis area consists of:

Four Symbols	Mansion (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Asterisms (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Western star name	Chinese star name	Romanization	Translation
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)	鬼	Guǐ	Ghost	天狗	Tiāngǒu	Celestial Dog
							β Pyx^[1]	天狗四	Tiāngǒusì	4th star
							α Pyx^[1]	天狗五	Tiāngǒuwu	5th star
							γ Pyx^[1]	天狗六	Tiāngǒuliù	6th star
							δ Pyx^[1]	天狗七	Tiāngǒuqī	7th star
	張	Zhāng	Extended Net	天廟	Tiānmiào	Celestial Temple	θ Pyx^[2]	天廟一	Tiānmiàoyī	1st star

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 17 日
^ (in Chinese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

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Pyxis – Chinese associations

[sb0-1] (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 17 日

[sb10-2] (in Chinese) 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

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