The modern constellation Hydrus 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 Snake's Tail (蛇尾, Shéwěi), Snake's Abdomen (蛇腹, Shéfù), Snake's Head (蛇首, Shéshǒu) and White Patched Nearby (附白, Fùbái).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 水蛇座 (shuǐ shé zuò), which means "the water snake constellation."
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Hydrus 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)蛇尾ShéwěiSnake's Tailβ Hyi AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 27 日 蛇尾一 Shéwěiyī1st star蛇腹ShéfùSnake's Abdomenζ Hyi 蛇腹一 Shéfùyī1st starε Hyi蛇腹二Shéfùèr2nd starδ Hyi 蛇腹三Shéfùsān3rd starη2 Hyi 蛇腹四Shéfùsì4th star蛇首ShéshǒuSnake's Headα Hyi 蛇尾一 Shéshǒuyī1st star附白FùbáiWhite Patches Nearbyγ Hyi 附白一 Fùbáiyī1st starκ Hyi附白二Fùbáièr2nd star
See also Chinese astronomy Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
References
External links Hong Kong Space Museum official website Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy at the National Museum of Natural Science