Indus in Chinese astronomy

The modern constellation Indus is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty,^[1] this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu) under the name Persia (波斯, Bōsī).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 印第安座 (yìn dì ān zuò), meaning "the Indian constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Indus area consists of :

Four Symbols	Mansion (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Asterisms (Chinese name)	Romanization	Translation	Western star name	Chinese star name	Romanization	Translation
-	近南極星區 (non-mansions)	Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions)	The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions)	波斯	Bōsī	Persia
							α Ind[2]	波斯二	Bōsīèr	2nd star
							ζ Ind[3] / HD 200249[3]	波斯三	Bōsīsān	3rd star
							θ Ind[3] / γ Ind[3]	波斯四	Bōsīsì	4th star
							HD 205877[3] / HD 206427[3]	波斯五	Bōsīwu	5th star
							δ Ind[3]	波斯六	Bōsīliù	6th star
							ε Ind[3] / HD 208796[3]	波斯七	Bōsīqī	7th star
							μ Ind[3]	波斯八	Bōsībā	8th star
							ι Ind[3]	波斯九	Bōsījiǔ	9th star
							HD 198766[3]	波斯十	Bōsīshí	10th star
							HD 199623[3]	波斯十一	Bōsīshíyī	11th star
				孔雀[4]	Kǒngqiāo	Peacock	β Ind	孔雀增四	Kǒngqiāozēngsì	4th additional star

See also

• Chinese astronomy
• Traditional Chinese star names
• Chinese constellations