Vela in Chinese astronomy

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The modern constellation Vela lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 船帆座 (chuán fān zuò), meaning "the sail constellation".

Stars

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

Four Symbols	Mansion (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Asterisms (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Western star name	Chinese star name	Romanization	Translation
The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)	鬼	Guǐ	Ghost	天狗	Tiāngǒu	Celestial Dog
							e Vel	天狗一	Tiāngǒuyī	1st star
							d Vel	天狗二	Tiāngǒuèr	2nd star
							HD 75630^[1]	天狗三	Tiāngǒusān	3rd star
				天社	Tiānshè	Celestial Earth God's Temple
							γ² Vel^[2]	天社一	Tiānshèyī	1st star
							b Vel^[3]	天社二	Tiānshèèr	2nd star
							δ Vel^[2]	天社三	Tiānshèsān	3rd star
							κ Vel^[2]	天社五	Tiānshèwǔ	5th star
							N Vel^[3]	天社六	Tiānshèliù	6th star
							a Vel	天社增二	Tiānshèzēngèr	2nd additional star
							c Vel	天社增三	Tiānshèzēngsān	3rd additional star
				天記	Tiānjì	Judge for Estimating the Age of Animals
							λ Vel^[2]
								天記	Tiānjì	(One star of)
								天潢西北星	Tiānhuángxīběixīng	Star in the northwest of Celestial Pier
							ψ Vel	天記增一	Tiānjìzēngyī	1st additional star
							q Vel	天記增二	Tiānjìzēngèr	2nd additional star
	翼	Yì	Wings	東甌	Dōngoū	Dongou	q Vel^[4]^[1]	東甌四	Dōngoūsì	4th star
	轸	Zhěn	Chariot	軍門	Jūnmén	Military Gate	HD 104039^[1]	軍門一	Jūnményī	1st star
-	近南極星區 (non-mansions)^[5]	Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)	The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)	海山^[5]	Hǎishān	Sea and Mountain
							p Vel	海山增一	Hǎishānzēngyī	1st additional star
							μ Vel	海山增二	Hǎishānzēngèr	2nd additional star

^ ^a ^b ^c (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
^ ^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
^ ^a ^b Ian Ridpath's Startales - Vela the Sails
^ Sun, Xiaochun and Jacob Kistemaker. (1997). The Chinese Sky During the Han: Constellating Stars and Society. Leiden, New York, Köln: Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-10737-1. Page 186.
^ ^a ^b this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars

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