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| name = Fang | |||
| native = 房宿 | |||
| translation = The Room | |||
| pronounce = | |||
| IPA = | |||
| culture = IAU | |||
| RA = 239.7129718 | |||
| dec = -26.11410795 | |||
| areatotal = 0 | |||
| numbermainstars = 1 | |||
| numberbfstars = 1 | |||
| numberstarsplanets = | |||
| numberbrightstars = 0 | |||
| numbernearbystars = | |||
| brighteststarname = Fang | |||
| starmagnitude = 2.91 | |||
| neareststarname = | |||
| stardistance = | |||
| numbermessierobjects = | |||
| meteorshowers = | |||
| bordering = Sco | |||
| notes = | |||
| cat = IAU-Star Name | |||
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Fang (房宿) 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 78265 (π Sco, HR 5944) in constellation [[Scorpius|Sco]]. | Fang (房宿) 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 78265 (π Sco, HR 5944) in constellation [[Scorpius|Sco]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:02, 13 August 2026
Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula, Lyu Haocheng, IanRidpath
| Asterism Info | |
| Native | 房宿 |
|---|---|
| Translation | The Room |
| Position (2000) | |
| Right ascension | 239.7129718 |
| Declination | -26.11410795 |
| Area | 0 sq. deg. |
| Stars | |
| Bright stars | 1 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 1 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Brightest star | Fang (2.91m) |
| Taxonomy | |
| category of asterism | IAU-Star Name |
| IAU- constellations | Sco |
Fang (房宿) 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 78265 (π Sco, HR 5944) in constellation Sco.
The historical Chinese constellation Fang is one of the Lunar Mansions (LM) and, thus, attested since the second millennium BCE.
Etymology and History
Determinitive star of lunar mansion Fang (The Room) whose naming constellation constists of 4 stars according to sources back to the 3rd millennium BCE.
Identification of stars
| Star Names or Orders(Traditional/Byname/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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cijiang / Zuofu / 1st (determinative) | π Sco | π Sco | π Sco | π Sco | π Sco | π Sco | π Sco |
| Shangjiang / Zuocan / 2nd | ρ Sco | ρ Sco | ρ Sco | ρ Sco | ρ Sco | ρ Sco | ρ Sco |
| Cixiang / Youfu / 3rd | δ Sco | δ Sco | δ Sco | δ Sco | δ Sco | δ Sco | δ Sco |
| Shangxiang / Youcan / 4th | β Sco | β Sco | β Sco | β Sco | β Sco | β Sco | β Sco |
Maps (Gallery)
| historical map | modern identification
(Yang 2023) |
same in Stellarium 24.4 |
|---|---|---|
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
- Ian Ridpath Star Tales Scorpius
- ↑ 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.
