According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Canes Venatici is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 獵犬座 (liè quǎn zuò), meaning "the hound constellation".
Stars
| Enclosures | Enclosure (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 三公 | Sāngōng | Three Excellencies | ||||
| M51 | 三公一 | Sāngōngyī | 1st star | |||||||
| 24 CVn | 三公二 | Sāngōngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 21 CVn | 三公三 | Sāngōngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 相 | Xiāng | Prime Minister | ||||||||
| 5 CVn | 相 | Xiāng | (One star of) | |||||||
| 3 CVn | 相增二 | Xiāngzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 11 CVn | 相增三 | Xiāngzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 太微垣 | Tài Wēi Yuán | Supreme Palace enclosure | 常陳 | Chángchén | Imperial Guards | |||||
| α CVn and α CVn | 常陳一 | Chángchényī | 1st star | |||||||
| 10 CVn | 常陳二 | Chángchénèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 9 CVn | 常陳三 | Chángchénsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| β CVn | 常陳四 | Chángchénsì | 4th star | |||||||
| 6 CVn | 常陳五 | Chángchénwu | 5th star | |||||||
| 2 CVn | 常陳六 | Chángchénliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 4 CVn | 常陳增一 | Chángchénzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 18 CVn | 常陳增二 | Chángchénzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 20 CVn | 常陳增三 | Chángchénzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 16 CVn | 常陳增四 | Chángchénzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 15 CVn | 常陳增五 | Chángchénzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 17 CVn | 常陳增六 | Chángchénzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| HD 114357 | 常陳增五 | Chángchénzēngwǔ | 5th additional star |
See also
References
- (in Chinese)AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 14 日. But M51 only has a visual magnitude of 8.4, so this cannot be the correct object.
- ^ Ian Ridpath's Startales - Canis Venatici the Hunting Dogs
- ^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 21 日