Ox (Chinese constellation)

The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin: Niú Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. The primary asterism of this mansion is centered on the tail of the constellation known as Capricornus in Western astronomy.

Asterisms English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Ox 牛 Capricornus 6The ox hanged by the rope Celestial Farmland 天田 Capricornus/Microscopium 4Son from heaven Nine Water Wells 九坎 Microscopium 4Nine irrigation wells Drum at the River 河鼓 Aquila 3Military drums in the sky Weaving Girl 織女 Lyra 3The girl who skilled in weaving of fairy folk Left Flag 左旗 Aquila/Sagitta 9Banners in the left Right Flag 右旗 Aquila 9Banners in the right Celestial Drumstick 天桴 Aquila 4Drum at the River stick Network of Dykes 羅堰 Capricornus 3Mound for irrigation system Clepsydra Terrace 漸臺 Lyra 4Water for clepsydra Imperial Passageway 輦道 Lyra/Cygnus 5Passage for imperial chariot

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