Zhang
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, IanRidpath
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | Zhang |
|---|---|
| Translation | The Stomach [of the Red Fire Bird] or a Bow or Bird Catcher, an Extended Net, Spread or "to open" |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 147.8694791 |
| Declination | -14.84662871 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Zhang (4.11m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Hya |
Zhang 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 48356 (υ1 Hya, HR 3903) in constellation Hya.
Etymology and History
Determinitive star of lunar mansion Zhang (The Stomach [of the Red Fire Bird] or a Bow or Bird Catcher, an Extended Net, Spread or "to open") whose naming constellation consists of 6 stars according to sources back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
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)
- Lunar Mansion
