''Teen Ta Tseang Keun'' () or ''Tëen ta tsëang keun'' meaning "Heaven's Great General",
[Allen (1963): p.37.] was a
Chinese constellation
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 Hellenisti ...
() in the region of ''
Lóu'' (). It contained stars of the western constellations
Andromeda and
Triangulum
Triangulum is a small constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for "triangle", derived from its three brightest stars, which form a long and narrow triangle. Known to the ancient Babylonians and Greeks, Triangulum was one of the 48 ...
.
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based identification of Chinese star names by the English astronomer
John Williams (1797–1874) and the naturalist
John Reeves. But Allen lacked last word ''kuen'' as ''Tien Ta Tseang''
[ and also transliterated it as ''Tsien Ta Tseang''.][Allen (1963): p.416.]
Identification of stars
; Notes
＊ 54 And is designated as φ Per in recent times.
Notes
References
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* 大崎正次 (1987): 「中国の星座・星名の同定一覧表」『中国の星座の歴史』 雄山閣出版, p. 326.
* 陳久金 (2005): 『中國星座神話』 台灣書房出版有限公司. .
Chinese constellations