Ursa Major in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Ursa Major is located in the constellation called the Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 大熊座 (dà xióng zuò), meaning "the big bear constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Ursa Major area consists of :
| Enclosures | Enclosure (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 紫微左垣 | Zǐwēiyòuyuán | Right Wall | ||||
| 24 UMa[1] | ||||||||||
| 紫微右垣四 | Zǐwēiyòuyuánsì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 少辅 | Shǎofǔ | The Second Minister | ||||||||
| 27 UMa | 少辅增一 | Shǎofǔzēngyī | 1st additional star of The Second Minister | |||||||
| 內階 | Nèijiē | Inner Steps | ||||||||
| ο UMa[2] | 內階一 | Nèijiēyī | 1st star | |||||||
| 16 UMa | 內階二 | Nèijiēèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 6 UMa | 內階三 | Nèijiēsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 23 UMa | 內階四 | Nèijiēsì | 4th star | |||||||
| 5 UMa | 內階五 | Nèijiēwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| 17 UMa | 內階六 | Nèijiēliù | 6th star | |||||||
| π2 UMa | 內階增七 | Nèijiēzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 2 UMa | 內階增八 | Nèijiēzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| π1 UMa | 內階增九 | Nèijiēzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
| τ UMa | 內階增十 | Nèijiēzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| 內廚[3] | Nèichú | Inner Kitchen | 76 UMa | 內廚增二 | Nèichúzēngèr | 2nd star | ||||
| 文昌 | Wénchāng | Administrative Center | ||||||||
| υ UMa[2] | 文昌一 | Wénchānyī | 1st star | |||||||
| φ UMa[2] | 文昌三 | Wénchāngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| θ UMa[2] | 文昌四 | Wénchāngsì | 4th star | |||||||
| 15 UMa[1] | 文昌五 | Wénchāngwǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| 18 UMa | 文昌六 | Wénchāngliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 28 UMa | 文昌增一 | Wénchāngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| HD 84335 | 文昌增二 | Wénchāngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 21 UMa | 文昌增三 | Wénchāngzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 26 UMa | 文昌增四 | Wénchāngzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 37 Lyn[4] | 文昌增五 | Wénchāngzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| HD 80608[3] | 文昌增六 | Wénchāngzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| 31 UMa | 文昌增七 | Wénchāngzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| 三師 | Sānshī | Three Top Instructors | ||||||||
| ρ UMa[2] | 三師一 | Sānshīyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| σ2 UMa[2] | 三師三 | Sānshīysān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| σ1 UMa | 三師增一 | Sānshīzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 太尊 | Tàizūn | Royal | ψ UMa[5] | 太尊 | Tàizūn | (One star of) | ||||
| 天牢 | Tiānláo | Celestial Prison | ||||||||
| ω UMa | 天牢一 | Tiānláoyī | 1st star | |||||||
| 57 UMa | 天牢二 | Tiānláoèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 47 UMa | 天牢三 | Tiānláosān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 58 UMa | 天牢四 | Tiānláosì | 4th star | |||||||
| 49 UMa | 天牢五 | Tiānláowǔ | 5th star | |||||||
| 56 UMa | 天牢六 | Tiānláoliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 59 UMa | 天牢增一 | Tiānláozēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 55 UMa | 天牢增二 | Tiānláozēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 太陽守 | Tàiyángshǒu | Guard of the Sun | ||||||||
| χ UMa[5] | 太陽守 | Tàiyángshǒu | (One star of) | |||||||
| 60 UMa | 太陽守增一 | Tàiyángshǒuzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 势[3] | Shì | Eunuch | ||||||||
| 47 LMi[6] | 势增十二 | Shìzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |||||||
| 46 UMa | 势增十三 | Shìzēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
| 相[3] | Xiāng | Prime Minister | 1 CVn[7] | 相增一 | Xiāngzēngyī | 1st additional star | ||||
| 天理 | Tiānlǐ | Judge for Nobility | ||||||||
| HD 97889 | 天理一 | Tiānlǐyī | 1st star | |||||||
| HD 99283 | 天理二 | Tiānlǐèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 66 UMa[1] | 天理三 | Tiānlǐsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| HD 103736 | 天理四 | Tiānlǐsì | 4th star | |||||||
| HD 99747 | 天理增一 | Tiānlǐzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 北斗 | Běidǒu | Northern Dipper | ||||||||
| α UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗一 | Běidǒuyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 天樞 | Tiānshū | The Celestial Pivot | ||||||||
| 紐星 | Niǔxīng | Turning star | ||||||||
| 天魁 | Tiānkuí | Celestial chief | ||||||||
| 贪狼 | Tānláng | Greedy wolf | ||||||||
| 枢星 | Shūxīng | Pivot star | ||||||||
| 天蓬 | Tiānpéng | Celestial fleabane | ||||||||
| 生气 | Shēngqì | Angry | ||||||||
| β UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗二 | Běidǒuèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 天璇 | Tiānxuán | The Celestial Rotating Jade | ||||||||
| 从魁 | Cōngkuí | Passing-through chief | ||||||||
| 天魁 | Jùmén | Huge gate | ||||||||
| 法星 | Fǎxīng | Star of law | ||||||||
| 枢星 | Xuánxīng | Whirling star | ||||||||
| 天醫 | Tiānyī | Celestial medicine | ||||||||
| γ UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗三 | Běidǒusān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 天璣 | Tiānjī | The Celestial Shining Pearl | ||||||||
| 禄存 | Lùcún | Standing-official salary | ||||||||
| 令星 | Lìngxīng | Star of commander | ||||||||
| 軍市西北星 | Jūnshìxīběixīng | Star in the northwest of Market for Soldiers | ||||||||
| 真人 | Zhēnrén | Daoist spiritual master | ||||||||
| 囚宿 | Qiúsù | Constellation of prisoner | ||||||||
| 次桃花 | Cìtáohuā | Next peach blossom | ||||||||
| 祸害 | Huòhài | Disaster | ||||||||
| δ UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗四 | Běidǒusì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 天權 | Tiānquán | The Celestial Balance | ||||||||
| 權星 | Quánxīng | Star of authority | ||||||||
| 文曲星 | Wénqūxīng | Star of wrong-writing | ||||||||
| 伐星 | Fáxīng | Cutting-down star | ||||||||
| 天辅 | Tiānfǔ | Celestial assistant | ||||||||
| 玄冥 | Xuánmíng | The mysterious underworld | ||||||||
| 玄武 | Xuánwǔ | God of the north sky | ||||||||
| 真武 | Zhēnwǔ | Lord of profound heaven | ||||||||
| 六煞 | Liùshà | Six friends | ||||||||
| ε UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗五 | Běidǒuwǔ | 5th star | ||||||||
| 玉衡 | Yùhéng | The Jade Sighting-Tube | ||||||||
| 衡星 | Héngxīng | Star of measure | ||||||||
| 廉贞 | Liánzhēn | Honest and chaste | ||||||||
| 杀星 | Shāxīng | Weaken star | ||||||||
| 天禽 | Tiānqín | Celestial birds | ||||||||
| 五鬼 | Wǔguǐ | Five chief demons | ||||||||
| ζ UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗六 | Běidǒuliù | 6th star | ||||||||
| 開陽 | Kāiyáng | The Opener of Heat | ||||||||
| 衡星 | Kāixīng | Star of opener | ||||||||
| 武曲 | Wǔqū | Wrong martial | ||||||||
| 危星 | Wēixīng | Star of danger | ||||||||
| 北极 | Běijí | the North Pole | ||||||||
| 财星 | Cáixīng | Star of money | ||||||||
| 延年 | Yánnián | Prolong life | ||||||||
| η UMa[8] | ||||||||||
| 北斗七 | Běidǒuqī | 7th star | ||||||||
| 搖光 | Yáoguāng | The Twinkling Brilliance | ||||||||
| 摇星 | Yáoxīng | Shaking star | ||||||||
| 破軍 | Pòjūn | Captured army | ||||||||
| 部星 | Bùxīng | Star of ministry | ||||||||
| 应星 | Yìngxīng | Complying star | ||||||||
| 關星 | Guānxīng | Star of mountain pass | ||||||||
| 耗星 | Hàoxīng | Star of news | ||||||||
| 天衡 | Tiānhéng | Celestial measure | ||||||||
| 絕命 | Juémìng | Extinction | ||||||||
| 魉星 | Liǎngxīng | Star of fairy | ||||||||
| 32 UMa | 天樞增一 | Tiānshūzēngyī | 1st additional star of The Celestial Pivot | |||||||
| 35 UMa | 天樞增二 | Tiānshūzēngèr | 2nd additional star of The Celestial Pivot | |||||||
| 38 UMa | 天樞增三 | Tiānshūzēngsān | 2nd additional star of The Celestial Pivot | |||||||
| 36 UMa | 天璇增一 | Tiānxuánzēngyī | 1st additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 37 UMa | 天璇增二 | Tiānxuánzēngèr | 2nd additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 42 UMa | 天璇增三 | Tiānxuánzēngsān | 3rd additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 41 UMa | 天璇增四 | Tiānxuánzēngsì | 4th additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 39 UMa | 天璇增五 | Tiānxuánzēngwǔ | 5th additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 40 UMa | 天璇增六 | Tiānxuánzēngliù | 6th additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 43 UMa | 天璇增七 | Tiānxuánzēngqī | 7th additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 44 UMa | 天璇增八 | Tiānxuánzēngbā | 8th additional star of The Celestial Rotating Jade | |||||||
| 74 UMa | 天權增一 | Tiānquánzēngyī | 1st additional star of The Celestial Balance | |||||||
| 70 UMa | 天權增二 | Tiānquánzēngèr | 2nd additional star of The Celestial Balance | |||||||
| 73 UMa | 天權增三 | Tiānquánzēngèr | 3rd additional star of The Celestial Balance | |||||||
| 82 UMa | 開陽增二 | Kāiyángzēngèr | 2nd additional star of The Opener of Heat | |||||||
| 輔 | Fǔ | Assistant | ||||||||
| 80 UMa[1] | 輔 | Fǔ | (One star of) | |||||||
| 83 UMa | 輔增一 | Fǔzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 84 UMa | 輔增二 | Fǔzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 86 UMa | 輔增三 | Fǔzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 太微垣 | Tài Wēi Yuán | Supreme Palace enclosure | ||||||||
| 常陳 | Chángchén | Imperial Guards | 67 UMa[9] | 常陳七 | Chángchénqī | 7th star | ||||
| 三台 | Sāntái | Three Steps | ||||||||
| ι UMa[5] | ||||||||||
| 上台一 | Shàngtáiyī | The First Upper Step | ||||||||
| 天子 | Tiānzǐ | The rightful emperor | ||||||||
| κ UMa[5] | ||||||||||
| 上台二 | Shàngtáièr | The Second Upper Step | ||||||||
| 女主 | Nǚzhǔ | The queen | ||||||||
| λ UMa[5] | ||||||||||
| 中台一 | Zhōngtáiyī | The First Middle Step | ||||||||
| 诸侯三公 | Zhūhóusāngōng | The three feudal princes | ||||||||
| μ UMa[5] | ||||||||||
| 中台一 | Zhōngtáièr | The Second Middle Step | ||||||||
| 卿大夫 | Qīngdàifu | The high-ranking minister | ||||||||
| ν UMa[5] | ||||||||||
| 下台一 | Xiàtáiyī | The First Lower Step | ||||||||
| 士 | Shì | The senior minister | ||||||||
| 东北柱 | Dōngběizhù | The northeast pillar | ||||||||
| ξ UMa[5] | ||||||||||
| 下台二 | Xiàtáièr | The Second Lower Step | ||||||||
| 庶人 | Shùrén | The numerous man | ||||||||
| 41 Lyn[4] | 上台增七 | Shàngtáizēngqī | 7th additional star of Upper Step | |||||||
| HD 89501 | 中台增三 | Zhōngtáizēngsān | 3rd additional star of Middle Step | |||||||
| HD 89221 | 中台增四 | Zhōngtáizēngsì | 4th additional star of Middle Step | |||||||
| 61 UMa | 下台增一 | Xiàtáizēngyī | 1st additional star of Lower Step | |||||||
| 62 UMa | 下台增二 | Xiàtáizēngèr | 2nd additional star of Lower Step |
References
- Ian Ridpath's Startales - Ursa Major the Great Bear
- (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 16 日
- this is not original mention for this constellation and listing is only for additional stars
- the star is actually located in the constellation of Ursa Major near the border of Lynx
- (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 21 日
- the star is actually located in the constellation of Ursa Major near the border of Leo Minor
- the star is actually located in the constellation of Ursa Major near the border of Canes Venatici
- (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 15 日
- Ian Ridpath's Startales - Canis Venatici the Hunting Dogs
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