The Four Advisors () is a traditional Chinese
asterism found in the
Purple Forbidden enclosure (). It consists of four stars found in the modern constellations of
Ursa Minor and
Camelopardalis
Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the northern sky representing a giraffe. The constellation was introduced in 1612 or 1613 by Petrus Plancius. Some older astronomy books give Camelopardalus or Camelopardus as alternative for ...
and represents the four assistants of ancient emperors. During the
Qing dynasty, a star from the constellation
Draco was added to the asterism.
Astronomy in China
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