According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Sextans is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as The Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 六分仪座 (liù fēn yí zuò), meaning "the six-part apparatus constellation".
Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Sextans area consists of: Four Symbols Mansion (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Asterisms (Chinese name) Romanization Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation Three Enclosures (三垣)太微垣this is not original mansion for this constellation and listing is only for additional starsTài Wēi YuánSupreme Palace enclosure靈台LíngtáiAstronomical Observatory36 Sex靈台增二Língtáizēngèr2nd additional star長垣ChángyuánLong Wall32 Sex長垣增三Chángyuánzēngsān3rd additional star23 Sex長垣增四Chángyuánzēngsì4th additional star31 Sex長垣增五Chángyuánzēngwǔ5th additional star34 Sex長垣增六Chángyuánzēngliù6th additional star35 Sex長垣增七Chángyuánzēngqī7th additional star Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)星XīngStar星XīngStar6 Sex星宿增九Xīngsùzēngjiǔ9th additional star3 Sex星宿增十Xīngsùzēngshí10th additional star5 Sex星宿增十一Xīngsùzēngshíyī11th additional starγ Sex星宿增十二Xīngsùzēngshíèr12th additional star天相TiānxiàngCelestial Premier17 Sex天相一Tiānxiàngyī1st starα Sex天相二Tiānxiàngèr2nd starε Sex天相三Tiānxiàngsān3rd star18 Sex天相增一Tiānxiàngzēngyī1st additional star21 Sex天相增二Tiānxiàngzēngèr2nd additional star20 Sex天相增三Tiānxiàngzēngsān3rd additional star25 Sex天相增四Tiānxiàngzēngsì4th additional star27 Sex天相增五Tiānxiàngzēngwǔ5th additional starδ Sex天相增六Tiānxiàngzēngliù6th additional star24 Sex天相增八Tiānxiàngzēngbā8th additional star26 Sex天相增九Tiānxiàngzēngjiǔ9th additional starβ Sex天相增十Tiānxiàngzēngshí10th additional star33 Sex天相增十一Tiānxiàngzēngshíyī11th additional star40 Sex天相增十二Tiānxiàngzēngshíèr12th additional star軒轅XuānyuánXuanyuan7 Sex軒轅增四十七Xuānyuánzēngsìshíqī47th additional star4 Sex軒轅增四十八Xuānyuánzēngsìshíbā48th additional star9 Sex軒轅增四十九Xuānyuánzēngsìshíjiǔ49th additional star12 Sex軒轅增五十Xuānyuánzēngwǔshí50th additional star13 Sex軒轅增五十一Xuānyuánzēngwǔshíyī51st additional star14 Sex軒轅增五十二Xuānyuánzēngwǔshíèr52nd additional star19 Sex軒轅增五十三Xuānyuánzēngwǔshísān53rd additional star翼 Yì Wings翼Yì WingsHD 93833 夢之大地 @ 國立成功大學 WebBBS DreamLand @ National Cheng Kung University WebBBS System 翼宿十二Yìsùshíèr12th star41 Sex翼宿增一Yìsùzēngyī1st additional star39 Sex翼宿增二Yìsùzēngèr2nd additional star
See also Traditional Chinese star names Chinese constellations
References
External links Sextans – Chinese associations 香港太空館研究資源 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表 天象文學 台灣自然科學博物館天文教育資訊網 中國古天文 中國古代的星象系統