Ox (Chinese constellation)

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The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin: Niú Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.

[edit] Asterisms

English name Chinese name Modern constellation Number of stars
Ox Capricornus 6
Celestial Farmland 天田 Capricornus/Microscopium 4
Nine Water Wells 九坎 Microscopium 4
Drum at the River 河鼓 Aquila 3
Weaving Girl 織女 Lyra 3
Left Flag 左旗 Aquila/Sagitta 9
Right Flag 右旗 Aquila 9
Celestial Drumstick 天桴 Aquila 4
Network of Dykes 羅堰 Capricornus 3
Clepsydra Terrace 漸臺 Lyra 4
Imperial Passageway 輦道 Lyra/Cygnus 5


Chinese constellations
Three enclosures (三垣):
Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣) | Supreme Palace enclosure (太微垣) | Heavenly Market enclosure (天市垣)
Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-eight mansions (二十八宿):
East: Azure Dragon (青龍): Horn (角) | Neck (亢) | Root (氐) | Room (房) | Heart (心) | Tail (尾) | Winnowing Basket (箕)
South: Vermilion Bird (朱雀): Well (井) | Ghost (鬼) | Willow (柳) | Star (星) | Extended Net (張) | Wings (翼) | Chariot (軫)
West: White Tiger (白虎): Legs (奎) | Bond (婁) | Stomach (胃) | Hairy Head (昴) | Net (畢) | Turtle Beak (觜) | Three Stars (參)
North: Black Tortoise (玄武): Dipper (斗) | Ox (牛) | Girl (女) | Emptiness (虛) | Rooftop (危) | Encampment (室) | Wall (壁)
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