Fulu
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Fulu |
|---|---|
| Translation | an auxiliary road to Gedao |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 9.242852031 |
| Declination | 53.89691044 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Fulu (3.66m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Cas |
Fulu is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Chinese. It is the name of HIP 2920 (ζ Cas, HR 153) in constellation Cas.
Etymology and History
Traditional Chinese single-star asterism: an auxiliary road to Gedao; also represents the chief assistant to maintain roads. Gedao (the flying corridor) is a long chain of stars next to the Purple Palace enclosure constellation. Paradoxically, the auxiliary road is considered a single star asterism as attested in several historical star charts (e.g. the famous Suzhou map). Sun and Kistemaker (1997) who studied sources from the Han dynasty (around the year "0" ± 200 years) identify ζ Cas with this single star. Another researcher, Sun Shuwei, who dealt with the Xinyixiangfayao Star Map from Su Song (苏颂, 1020–1101 CE) identifies δ Cas. Both are plausible.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2017/06/30.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Shi shi xingjing (Star Catalogue of the Shi Shi)
