Net (畢宿, Bì Xiù)
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Net (畢宿, Bì Xiù) is a traditional Chinese asterism in the White Tiger of the West, representing a celestial net formed by a group of stars in the constellation Taurus.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese asterism
ⓘ
lunar mansion ⓘ |
| associatedAnimal | White Tiger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedChineseConstellation | White Tiger (西方白虎) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDirection | West ⓘ |
| astronomicalRegion | ecliptic zone ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Twenty-Eight Mansions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese constellations
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
asterisms in Taurus ⓘ |
| celestialLongitudeBand | near the ecliptic ⓘ |
| containsFeature | part of the Hyades region ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Aldebaran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Theta Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | Chinese equatorial and lunar mansion system ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Chinese astronomy ⓘ |
| englishName | Net NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionInTraditionalAstronomy | lunar mansion for tracking the Moon’s motion ⓘ |
| hasComponentType | naked-eye stars ⓘ |
| hasNumberInMansionsSequence | one of the western mansions ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
marker for lunar positions
ⓘ
reference for omens and portents in Chinese astrology ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedInModernConstellation | Taurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInChinese | 畢宿 ⓘ |
| observedSince | ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSystem | Chinese Twenty-Eight Mansions system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pinyin | Bì Xiù ⓘ |
| quadrant | White Tiger of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedSystem | Four Symbols (Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hyades star cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedAs | celestial net NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonalVisibility | prominent in northern winter sky ⓘ |
| symbolizes | net or snare in the sky ⓘ |
| usedIn |
traditional Chinese astrology
ⓘ
traditional Chinese calendrical astronomy ⓘ |
| visibilityCondition | best seen at night during late autumn and winter in mid-northern latitudes ⓘ |
| visibleIn | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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