The modern constellation
Carina
Carina may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
* Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
* Carina, Victoria, a locality in Mildura
Serbia
* Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District
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lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the
Vermillion 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.
According to the quadrant, possibly constellation Carina in Chinese sky is almost not seen, except
Canopus
Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina (constellation), Carina and the list of brightest stars, second-brightest star in the night sky. It is also Bayer designation, designated α Carinae, which is Lat ...
(Alpha Carinae), and Canopus is "south pole" in Chinese sky, and
Miaplacidus (Beta Carinae),
Aspidiske (Iota Carinae) and
Avior Avior may refer to:
*Avior Airlines - an airline based in Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
*Epsilon Carinae
Epsilon Carinae (ε Carinae, abbreviated Epsilon Car, ε Car), officially named Avior , is a binary star in the southern constel ...
(Epsilon Carinae) are bright stars in this constellation that are possibly never seen in the Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 船底座 (''chuán dǐ zuò''), meaning "the bottom of boat constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Carina area consists of :
See also
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Traditional Chinese star names
Chinese star names ( Chinese: , ''xīng míng'') are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology. The sky is divided into star mansions (, ''xīng xiù'', also translated as "lodges") and asterisms (, ''xīng guān''). The system of ...
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Chinese constellations
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese ''xīng guān'').
The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic t ...
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List of brightest stars
This is a list of stars arranged by their apparent magnitude – their brightness as observed from Earth. It includes all stars brighter than magnitude +2.50 in visible light, measured using a ''V''-band filter in the UBV photometric system. Sta ...
References
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External links
Carina – Chinese associations香港太空館https://web.archive.org/web/20120813070951/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/c_index.htm 研究資源]
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中國星區、星官及星名英譯表*
台灣自然科學博物館http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/ 天文教育資訊網]
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中國古天文*
Astronomy in China
Carina (constellation)