Teen Ta Tseang Keun Explained

Teen Ta Tseang Keun[1] or Tëen ta tsëang keun[2] meaning "Heaven's Great General",[3] was a Chinese constellation (Chinese: 星官) in the region of Lóu (Chinese: 婁宿天區). It contained stars of the western constellations Andromeda and Triangulum. Allen based identification of Chinese star names by the English astronomer John Williams (1797–1874) and the naturalist John Reeves.[4] But Allen lacked last word kuen as Tien Ta Tseang[3] and also transliterated it as Tsien Ta Tseang.[5]

Identification of stars

No. Name Chang[6] by Chang with Yi Xiang Kao Cheng[7] [8] [9] with Temmon Keitō[10]
1 Chinese: 天大將軍一 353 γ Andromedae 54 Andromedae*  
2 Chinese: 天大將軍二 297 54 Andromedae
3 Chinese: 天大將軍三 278 51 Andromedae 49 Andromedae  
4 Chinese: 天大將軍四 258
5 Chinese: 天大將軍五 282 χ Andromedae  
6 Chinese: 天大將軍六 274 υ Andromedae
7 Chinese: 天大將軍七 287 τ Andromedae 56 Andromedae  
8 Chinese: 天大將軍八 328
9 Chinese: 天大將軍九 370 β Trianguli β Trianguli  
10 Chinese: 天大將軍十 397 γ Trianguli γ Trianguli  
11 Chinese: 天大將軍十一 396 γ Andromedae  
12 Chinese: 天大將軍増一 231 ―― ――  
13 Chinese: 天大將軍増二 232 ―― ――  
14 Chinese: 天大將軍増三 247 ―― ――  
15 Chinese: 天大將軍増四 299 ―― ――  
16 Chinese: 天大將軍増五 351 ―― ――  
17 Chinese: 天大將軍増六 384 ―― ――  
18 Chinese: 天大將軍増七 394 ―― ――  
19 Chinese: 天大將軍増八 439 ―― ――  
20 Chinese: 天大將軍増九 368 ―― ――  
21 Chinese: 天大將軍増十 377 ―― ――  
22 Chinese: 天大將軍増十一 321 ―― ――  
23 Chinese: 天大將軍増十二 387 ―― ――  
24 Chinese: 天大將軍増十三 405 ―― ――  
25 Chinese: 天大將軍増十四 400 ―― ――  
26 Chinese: 天大將軍増十五 334 ―― ――  
27 Chinese: 天大將軍増十六 317 ―― ――  
28 Chinese: 天大將軍増十七 437 ―― ――  
Notes 54 And is designated as φ Per in recent times.

References

Notes and References

  1. Williams, J., (1871): Observations of Comets, from B.C. 611 to A.D. 1640, London (printed for the author), p. 78
  2. Reeves, J., (1819): "Chinese Names of Stars and Constellations Collected at the Request of the Author of this Dictionary," Morrison, R., (ed.) A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, Part 1, Vol. 1, Macao, East India Company's Pr., p. 1065.
  3. Allen (1963): p.37.
  4. Allen (1963): pp.xi-xii.
  5. Allen (1963): p.416.
  6. Chinese: 常福元 (1920): Chinese: 《中西对照恒星录》, 台北, Chinese: 台湾中央観象台.
  7. [:no:Stanislas Chevalier|Chevalier, S.]
  8. 伊世同 (Yi Shi Tong) (1981): 『中西対照恒星図表』科学出版社.
  9. 陳遵媯 (1982): 「中西星名対照表」『中国天文史』 vol.3, 上海人民出版社, app. 6.
  10. 渡辺敏夫 (1963): 「保井春海星図考」『東京商船大学研究報告』No. 14.