Fornax in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Fornax is located within the western quadrant of the sky, The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ).

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天爐座 (tiān lú zuò), meaning "the heaven furnace constellation".

Stars

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

See also

• Traditional Chinese star names
• Chinese constellations

References

External links

• Fornax – Chinese associations
• 香港太空館研究資源
• 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表
• 天象文學
• 台灣自然科學博物館天文教育資訊網
• 中國古天文
• 中國古代的星象系統