Tianbian (天弁)
Tianbian
Authors: Boshun YANG
Tiān Biàn (Market Officer, 天弁) is a traditional Chinese asterism close to the Celestial Market (Tianshi 天市). It consists of nine stars and took shape within the Shi-school constellation system during the Western Han, at around 100 BCE. It lies in the modern constellations Scutum and Aquila, in the Milky Way.
Concordance, Etymology, History
The name “Tianbian” literally means “Celestial Cap.” The character bian 弁 denotes an ancient form of cap or ceremonial headgear, especially associated with officials and ritual dress.
The astrological meaning of Tianbian is the chief officer of the celestial marketplace. In the omenological tradition it supervised the rows of shops, prices, records, and market order. Together with such asterisms as Dou (Measure), Hou (Watcher), Zong (Clan), and Zongzheng (Director of the Imperial Clan), it formed part of the administrative and commercial imagery of the Celestial Market.
Identification of stars
| Star Names or Orders(Qing) | Ho PENG YOKE[1] | Yi Shitong[2]
Based on catalogue in 18th century |
Pan Nai[3]
based on Xinyixiangfayao Star Map |
Pan Nai[4]
based on catalogues in Yuan dynasty |
SUN X. & J. Kistemaker[5]
Han Dynasty |
Boshun Yang[6]
before Tang dynasty |
Boshun Yang[6]
Song Jingyou(1034) |
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| 1st | alpha Sct | alpha Sct | alpha Sct(determinative) | alpha Sct | alpha Sct(determinative) | alpha Sct(determinative) | alpha Sct |
| 2nd | delta Sct | delta Sct | delta Sct | delta Sct | delta Sct | delta Sct | delta Sct |
| 3rd | epsilon Sct | epsilon Sct | HIP 92488 | epsilon Sct | epsilon Sct | epsilon Sct | epsilon Sct |
| 4th | beta Sct | beta Sct | eta Sct | HIP 91880 | R Sct | R Sct | R Sct |
| 5th | eta Sct | eta Sct | i Aql | beta Sct | beta Sct | beta Sct | beta Sct(determinative) |
| 6th | i Aql | i Aql | g Aql | HIP 92202 | 5 Sct | eta Sct | eta Sct |
| 7th | lambda Aql | lambda Aql | lambda Aql | eta Sct | eta Sct | i Aql | i Aql |
| 8th | h Aql | h Aql | HIP 94149 | i Aql | i Aql | lambda Aql | lambda Aql |
| 9th | g Aql | g Aql | HIP 93580 | lambda Aql | lambda Aql | g Aql | g Aql |
Maps (Gallery)
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IAU Working Group on Star Names
In 202x, the name of the historical constellation "xxx" was suggested to be used for one of the stars in this constellation. ...
Decision: ...
References
- ↑ P.-Y. Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” Vistas in Astronomy, 5(1962), 127-225.
- ↑ Yi Shitong伊世同. Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981.
- ↑ Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 1989. Fig 55.
- ↑ Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 2009. p435-443.
- ↑ Sun Xiaochun. & Kistemaker J. The Chinese sky during the Han. Leiden: Brill. 1997, Pp241-6.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 B.-S. Yang杨伯顺, Zhongguo Chuantong Hengxing Guance Jingdu ji Xingguan Yanbian Yanjiu 中国传统恒星观测精度及星官演变研究 (A Research on the Accuracy of Chinese Traditional Star Observation and the Evolution of Constellations), PhD thesis, (Hefei: University of Science and Technology of China, 2023). 235-296.
