Bond_(Chinese_constellation)

Bond (Chinese constellation)

Bond (Chinese constellation)

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Leu (or Low) sieu (simplified Chinese: 娄宿; traditional Chinese: 婁宿; pinyin: Lóu Xiù) meaning "the Train of a garment", is one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions of traditional Chinese astronomy. It is one of the mansions of the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎).

Map of Leu sieu

The asterisms in the Region of Leu （婁宿天區）

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Notes

  1. [1]
    （　）: simplified Chinese
  2. [2]
    Allen (1899) p.82.
  3. [3]
    Allen (1899) p.64. (Allen misidenticfied it with ε Ara. )
  4. [4]
    Allen (1899) p.343.
  5. [5]
    Allen (1899) p.164.
  6. [6]
    Allen (1899) p.221.
  7. [7]
    『開元占経』 「巻66 石氏中官占 中」
  8. [8]
    『晋書』 「天文志」
  9. [9]
    『宋史』 「天文志」
  10. [10]
    Allen (1899) p.37.

See also

References

  • Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
  • 大崎正次 (1987). 『中国の星座の歴史』 雄山閣出版.
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