According to traditional
Chinese uranography, the modern constellation
Equuleus
Equuleus ( ) is a constellation of stars that are visible in the night sky. Its name is Latin for "little horse", a foal. Located just north of the celestial equator, it was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptol ...
is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, ''Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ'').
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 小馬座 (''xiǎo mǎ zuò''), meaning "the colt constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Equuleus area consists of :
See also
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Chinese astronomy
Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years. The ancient Chinese people have identified stars from 1300 BCE, as Chinese star names later categorized in the t ...
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Traditional Chinese star names
Chinese star names ( Chinese: , ''xīng míng'') are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology. The sky is divided into star mansions (, ''xīng xiù'', also translated as "lodges") and asterisms (, ''xīng guān''). The system of ...
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Chinese constellations
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese ''xīng guān'').
The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic t ...
References
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External links
Equuleus – Chinese associations香港太空館
https://web.archive.org/web/20120813070951/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/c_index.htm 研究資源]
中國星區、星官及星名英譯表
台灣自然科學博物館
http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/ 天文教育資訊網]
中國古天文
Astronomy in China
Equuleus