Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
Shēn Xiù map
The Three Stars mansion (simplified Chinese: 参宿; traditional Chinese: 參宿; pinyin: Shēn Xiù) is one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger. This collection of seven bright stars is visible during winter in the Northern Hemisphere (summer in the Southern).
Asterisms
| English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars |
| Three Stars[1] | 參Shen | Orion | 7 |
| Punishment | 伐Fa | Orion | 3 |
| Jade Well | 玉井Yu Jing | Orion/Eridanus | 4 |
| Screen | 屏Ping | Lepus | 2 |
| Military Well | 軍井Jun Jing | Lepus | 4 |
| Toilet[2] | 廁Ce | Lepus | 4 |
| Excrement[3] | 屎Shi | Columba | 1 |
References
- ↑ In ancient times, this asterism only contained three stars of Orion. But later, four more stars were added to it.
- ↑ The Toilet asterism contains the star, Alpha Leporis.
- ↑ The Excrement asterism is the star, Mu Columbae.
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