The modern constellation Dorado 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 under the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) with the names White Patches Attached (夾白, Jiābái) and Goldfish (金魚, Jīnyú).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 劍魚座 (jiàn yú zuò), meaning "the swordfish constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Dorado area consists of : Four Symbols Mansion (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation -近南極星區 (non-mansions)Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)夾白JiābáiWhite Patches Attachedθ Dor AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 27 日 夾白一 Jiābáiyī1st star金魚Jīnyú Goldfishγ Dor 金魚一 Jīnyúyī1st starα Dor金魚二Jīnyúèr2nd starβ Dor 金魚三Jīnyúsān3rd starδ Dor 金魚四Jīnyúsì4th starη2 Dor 金魚五 Jīnyúwu5th star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
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