According to traditional
Chinese uranography, the modern constellation
Scutum
The ''scutum'' (; plural ''scuta'') was a type of shield used among Italic peoples in antiquity, most notably by the army of ancient Rome starting about the fourth century BC.
The Romans adopted it when they switched from the military formati ...
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 盾牌座 (''dùn pái zuò''), meaning "the shield constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Scutum area consists of :
See also
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Traditional Chinese star names
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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
Scutum – 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
Scutum (constellation)