The modern constellation
Grus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, ''Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ''), and
The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, ''Jìnnánjíxīngōu''), that divide the sky in traditional
Chinese uranography.
Constellation Grus in Chinese sky is not fully seen.
Alnair (Alpha Gruis) and
Tiaki (Beta Gruis) are bright stars in this constellation that possibly never seen in Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鶴座 (''tiān hè zuò''), meaning "the heaven crane constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Grus area consists of :
See also
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Traditional Chinese star names
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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
Grus – 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]
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]
中國古天文
Astronomy in China
Grus (constellation)