Winnowing Basket (constellation)

The Winnowing Basket mansion (箕宿, pinyin: Jī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.[1][2][3]

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing
Winnowing Basket 箕 Sagittarius 4 Azure Dragon's dung, the role of rice bran to farm implements, also means the wind
Chaff 糠 Ophiuchus 1 Lift out of bran
Pestle 杵 Ara 3 Trace compounds wooden club

References

  1. ^ Stephenson, F. Richard (1994). "13 - Chinese and Korean Star Maps and Catalogs". In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography (PDF). Part 2. Vol. 2. University of Chicago Press. p. 517.
  2. ^ Penprase, Bryan E. (2017-05-05). The Power of Stars. Springer. p. 43. ISBN 978-3-319-52597-6.
  3. ^ Xu, Junjun (January 2009). "Ancient Chinese constellations". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 5 (S260): 107–115. doi:10.1017/S174392131100319X. ISSN 1743-9221.


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