Chinese constellation
Teen Ta Tseang Keun[1] (simplified Chinese: 天大将军; traditional Chinese: 天大將軍; pinyin: Tiān Dà Jiāngjūn) or Tëen ta tsëang keun[2] meaning "Heaven's Great General",[3] was a Chinese constellation (星官) in the region of Lóu (婁宿天區). It contained stars of the western constellations Andromeda and Triangulum. Allen based identification of Chinese star names by the English astronomer John Williams (1797–1874) and the naturalist John Reeves.[4] But Allen lacked last word kuen as Tien Ta Tseang[3] and also transliterated it as Tsien Ta Tseang.[5]
Identification of stars
- Notes
＊ 54 And is designated as φ Per in recent times.
Notes
- ^ Williams, J., (1871): Observations of Comets, from B.C. 611 to A.D. 1640, London (printed for the author), p. 78
- ^ Reeves, J., (1819): "Chinese Names of Stars and Constellations Collected at the Request of the Author of this Dictionary," Morrison, R., (ed.) A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, Part 1, Vol. 1, Macao, East India Company's Pr., p. 1065.
- ^ a b Allen (1963): p.37.
- ^ Allen (1963): pp.xi-xii.
- ^ Allen (1963): p.416.
- ^ a b 常福元 (1920): 《中西对照恒星录》, 台北, 台湾中央観象台.
- ^ Chevalier, S., and Tsuchihashi, P., (1911): "Catalogue d'Étoiles fixes, observés a Pekin sous l'Empereur Kien Long (Qianlong (Chien-Lung)), XVIIIe siecle", Annales de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Zô-Sé .
- ^ 伊世同 (Yi Shi Tong) (1981): 『中西対照恒星図表』科学出版社.(in Chinese)
- ^ 陳遵媯 (1982): 「中西星名対照表」『中国天文史』 vol.3, 上海人民出版社, app. 6.(in Chinese)
- ^ 渡辺敏夫 (1963): 「保井春海星図考」『東京商船大学研究報告』No. 14.(in Japanese)
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