Jishui
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Jishui |
|---|---|
| Translation | Bilgewater or a store of water to make wine |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 114.7913944 |
| Declination | 34.58430633 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Jishui (4.9m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Gem |
Jishui 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 37265 (ο Gem, HR 2930) in constellation Gem.
Etymology and History
Traditional Chinese single-star asterism: translations of the term are "Bilgewater", "a store of water to make wine", or "accumulated water (held in by dikes for future use)". It refers to a faint star in Gemini or Perseus that is idenfied differently by modern authors. Sun and Kistemaker (1997) from Han sources and Sun Shuwei (Stellarium) from a medieval source both suggest o Gem while Xu et al. (2000) identify Lambda Persei.
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2019/12/17.
Weblinks
- Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/
Reference
- References (general)
- Shi shi xingjing (Star Catalogue of the Shi Shi)
