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Map or catalog Creator Time created Contents links M45 Fuxi Star Map (伏羲星图) c. 4000 BC: Found on a mural in a Neolithic tomb in Xishuipo (西水坡), Puyang, Henan.Clam shells arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper in the North and below the foot, Tiger in the West and Azure Dragon in the East.
The modern Chinese term for "constellation", referring to those as defined by the IAU system, is 星座 (xīng zuò). The older term 星官 (xīng guān) is used only in describing constellations of the traditional system.
NGC 2566 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Puppis.Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1898 ± 19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 91.3 ± 6.5 Mly (28.00 ± 1.98 Mpc). [1]
European constellation Number of stars Representing Horn: 角: Virgo: 2: Azure Dragon's angle Flat Road: 平道: Virgo: 2: Officer's road Celestial Farmland: 天田: Virgo: 2: The son of heaven Recommending Virtuous Men: 進賢: Virgo: 1 (+9) The recommended virtuous men Tripod of the Zhou: 周鼎: Coma Berenices: 3: The God Tripod or imperial ...
When (a similar effect) happens with a planet (we call it) an occultation (hsing wei); when the moon passes across (kuo) (the sun's path) then there is a solar eclipse (shih). [ 21 ] The later Song dynasty scientist Shen Kuo (1031–1095 CE) used the models of lunar eclipse and solar eclipse in order to prove that the celestial bodies were ...
It is also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, which are the astral representations of the Wufang Shangdi. The Azure Dragon represents the east and the spring season. [ 1 ] It is also sometimes referred to as the Blue-green Dragon , Green Dragon , or the Blue Dragon ( 蒼龍 Cānglóng).
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European constellation Number of stars Representing Tail: 尾: Scorpius: 9: Azure Dragon's tail, refer to the temple Changing Room: simplified Chinese: 神宫; traditional Chinese: 神宮: Scorpius: 1: Changing rooms in the temple Tortoise: simplified Chinese: 龟; traditional Chinese: 龜: Ara: 5: Galaxy in the turtle, refer to the good and ...