Indus in Chinese astronomy


The modern constellation Indus 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 "Persia".
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese means "the Indian constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Indus area consists of :
AsterismsTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaα Ind波斯二Bōsīèr2nd star
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaζ Ind / HD 200249波斯三Bōsīsān3rd star
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaθ Ind / γ Ind波斯四Bōsīsì4th star
波斯
Bōsī
PersiaHD 205877 / HD 206427波斯五Bōsīwu5th star
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaδ Ind波斯六Bōsīliù6th star
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaε Ind / HD 208796波斯七Bōsīqī7th star
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaμ Ind波斯八Bōsībā8th star
波斯
Bōsī
Persiaι Ind波斯九Bōsījiǔ9th star
波斯
Bōsī
PersiaHD 198766波斯十Bōsīshí10th star
波斯
Bōsī
PersiaHD 199623波斯十一Bōsīshíyī11th star
孔雀
Kǒngqiāo
Peacockβ Ind孔雀增四Kǒngqiāozēngsì4th additional star