The modern constellation
Tucana is not included in the
Three Enclosures and
Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional
Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of
Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary
Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late
Ming Dynasty,
this constellation has been classified as one of the 23
Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, ''Jìnnánjíxīngōu'') under the name
Crane
Crane or cranes may refer to:
Common meanings
* Crane (bird), a large, long-necked bird
* Crane (machine), industrial machinery for lifting
** Crane (rail), a crane suited for use on railroads
People and fictional characters
* Crane (surname) ...
(鶴, ''Hè'') and
Bird's Beak
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for eating, preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, ...
(鳥喙, ''Niǎohuì'').
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 杜鵑座 (''dù juān zuò''), meaning "the cuckoo constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Tucana area consists of :
See also
*
Chinese astronomy
*
Traditional Chinese star names
*
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 ...
References
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External links
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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]
中國古天文
Astronomy in China
Tucana (constellation)