The modern constellation Pavo 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 Peacock (孔雀, Kǒngqiāo).
Peacock (Alpha Pavonis) is the brightmest star in this constellation. It is never seen in the Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 孔雀座 (kǒng què zuò), which means "the peacock constellation".
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pavo 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) | 孔雀 | Kǒngqiāo | Peacock |
| η Pav[2] | 孔雀一 | Kǒngqiāoyī | 1st star | |||
| 孔雀二 | Kǒngqiāoèr | 2nd star | ||||
| 孔雀三 | Kǒngqiāosān | 3rd star | ||||
| 孔雀四 | Kǒngqiāosì | 4th star | ||||
| 孔雀五 | Kǒngqiāowu | 5th star | ||||
| 孔雀六 | Kǒngqiāoliù | 6th star | ||||
| 孔雀七 | Kǒngqiāoqī | 7th star | ||||
| 孔雀八 | Kǒngqiāobā | 8th star | ||||
| 孔雀九 | Kǒngqiāojiǔ | 9th star | ||||
| 孔雀十 | Kǒngqiāoshí | 10th star | ||||
| 孔雀十一 | Kǒngqiāoshíyī | 11th star | ||||
| 孔雀增一 | Kǒngqiāozēngyī | 1st additional star | ||||
| 孔雀增二 | Kǒngqiāozēngèr | 2nd additional star | ||||
| 孔雀增三 | Kǒngqiāozēngsān | 3rd additional star |