Niandao (辇道)

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Niandao

Authors: Lyu Haocheng


Zhinü (right), Jiantai (lower) and Niandao (upper left)
Zhinü (right), Jiantai (lower) and Niandao (upper left)

Niǎn Dào (Imperial Passageway, 辇道), Chinese constellation consists of 5 stars.

Concordance, Etymology, History

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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
  1. 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.
  2. 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
Kulou on the Cheonsang Yeolcha Bunyajido Star Chart


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

References (Chinese)

  1. P.-Y. Ho, “Ancient And Mediaeval Observations of Comets and Novae in Chinese Sources,” Vistas in Astronomy, 5(1962), 127-225.
  2. Yi Shitong伊世同. Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.
  3. Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 1989. p226.
  4. Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 2009. p443.
  5. Sun Xiaochun. & Kistemaker J. The Chinese sky during the Han. Leiden: Brill. 1997, Pp241-6.
  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.