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Niǎn Dào (Imperial Passageway, 辇道), Chinese constellation consists of 5 stars. | Niǎn Dào (Imperial Passageway, 辇道), Chinese constellation consists of 5 stars. | ||
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!Ho PENG YOKE<ref>P.-Y. Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” ''Vistas in Astronomy'', 5(1962), 127-225.</ref> | !Ho PENG YOKE<ref>P.-Y. Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” ''Vistas in Astronomy'', 5(1962), 127-225.</ref><ref group="comment">The star chart in the original material is not standard and only displays four stars. The modern star names given here are for reference only.</ref> | ||
!Yi Shitong<ref>Yi Shitong伊世同. ''Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao''中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.</ref> | !Yi Shitong<ref>Yi Shitong伊世同. ''Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao''中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.</ref> | ||
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| η Lyr | | η Lyr <ref group="comment">In the original 18th century star catalog, the star (Niandao II) was actually 19 Lyr, not η Lyr. Due to a transcription error in the Flamsteed's catalog, the declination value was copied incorrectly by 10 degrees. The star catalog in ''Yixiang Kaocheng'' used incorrect coordinates, with 19 Lyr mistakenly corresponding to Niandao II. Later scholars often used incorrect coordinates to identify the star as η Lyr, but based on the original data, η Lyr should actually be Niandao Added II.</ref> | ||
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=== Maps (Gallery) === | === Maps (Gallery) === | ||
Revision as of 07:58, 18 May 2026
Authors: Lyu Haocheng

Niǎn Dào (Imperial Passageway, 辇道), Chinese constellation consists of 5 stars.
Concordance, Etymology, History
...
Identification of stars
| Star Names or Orders(Traditional/Qing) | Ho PENG YOKE[1][comment 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (determinative) | V545 Lyr ? | 13 Lyr | 13 Lyr | 13 Lyr | 13 Lyr | 13 Lyr | 13 Lyr |
| 2nd | θ Lyr | η Lyr [comment 2] | η Lyr | η Lyr | η Lyr | η Lyr | η Lyr |
| 3rd | 4 Cyg | θ Lyr | θ Lyr | θ Lyr | θ Lyr | θ Lyr | θ Lyr |
| 4th | χ Cyg | 4 Cyg | 4 Cyg | 4 Cyg | 4 Cyg | 4 Cyg | 4 Cyg |
| 5th | ? | 17 Cyg | 8 Cyg | 8 Cyg | 8 Cyg | 8 Cyg | 8 Cyg |
- ↑ The star chart in the original material is not standard and only displays four stars. The modern star names given here are for reference only.
- ↑ In the original 18th century star catalog, the star (Niandao II) was actually 19 Lyr, not η Lyr. Due to a transcription error in the Flamsteed's catalog, the declination value was copied incorrectly by 10 degrees. The star catalog in Yixiang Kaocheng used incorrect coordinates, with 19 Lyr mistakenly corresponding to Niandao II. Later scholars often used incorrect coordinates to identify the star as η Lyr, but based on the original data, η Lyr should actually be Niandao Added II.
Maps (Gallery)
| historical map | modern identification
(Yang 2023) |
same in Stellarium 24.4 |
|---|---|---|
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: 56.
- ↑ Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 1989. p226.
- ↑ Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 2009. p443.
- ↑ 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). 261.






