Gouguo (狗国)

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Gouguo



Authors: Lyu Haocheng


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Gǒu guó (狗国, Territory of Dog), a Chinese constellation consists of 4 stars, located in Sagittarius.

Concordance, Etymology, History

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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)

1st ω Sgr ω Sgr ω Sgr (Determinative) ω Sgr (Determinative) ω Sgr ω Sgr 56 Sgr (Determinative)
2nd 60 Sgr 60 Sgr 60 Sgr 60 Sgr 60 Sgr 60 Sgr 52 Sgr
3rd 62 Sgr 62 Sgr 62 Sgr 62 Sgr 62 Sgr 62 Sgr (Determinative) χ1 Sgr
4th 59 Sgr 59 Sgr 59 Sgr 59 Sgr 59 Sgr 59 Sgr 50 Sgr

Maps (Gallery)

historical map modern identification

(Yang 2023)

same in Stellarium 24.4
historical image of Kulou (Korea)
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) [[Category: ]]

  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.
  3. Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 1989. Fig 55.
  4. Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 2009. p435-443.
  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). 235-296.