Crux in Chinese astronomy


The modern constellation Crux 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, this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms under the name Cross.
Possibly Acrux, Mimosa and Gacrux are bright stars in this constellation that are never seen in Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 南十字座, meaning "the southern cross-shaped constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Crux area consists of :
Four SymbolsMansion RomanizationTranslationAsterisms RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCross----
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossγ Cru十字架一Shízìjiàyī1st star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossα Cru---
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossα Cru十字架二Shízìjiàèr2nd star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossα Cru四渎西南星SìdúxīnánxīngStar in the southwest of Four Channels constellation
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossβ Cru十字架三Shízìjiàsān3rd star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossδ Cru---
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossδ Cru十字架四Shízìjiàsì4th star
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossδ Cru座旗南星ZuòqínánxīngStar in the southwest of Seat Flags constellation
-近南極星區 Jìnnánjíxīngōu The Southern Asterisms 十字架ShízìjiàCrossε Cru十字架增一Shízìjiàzēngyī1st additional star