Pyxis in Chinese astronomy


According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Pyxis is located within the southern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Vermilion Bird of the South.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 羅盤座, meaning "the compass constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pyxis area consists of:
Four SymbolsMansion RomanizationTranslationAsterisms RomanizationTranslationWestern star nameChinese star nameRomanizationTranslation
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)GuǐGhost天狗TiāngǒuCelestial Dog----
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)GuǐGhost天狗TiāngǒuCelestial Dogβ Pyx天狗四Tiāngǒusì4th star
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)GuǐGhost天狗TiāngǒuCelestial Dogα Pyx天狗五Tiāngǒuwu5th star
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)GuǐGhost天狗TiāngǒuCelestial Dogγ Pyx天狗六Tiāngǒuliù6th star
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)GuǐGhost天狗TiāngǒuCelestial Dogδ Pyx天狗七Tiāngǒuqī7th star
Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀)ZhāngExtended Net天廟TiānmiàoCelestial Templeθ Pyx天廟一Tiānmiàoyī1st star