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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Net (畢宿, Bì Xiù) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese asterism ⓘ
lunar mansion ⓘ
associatedAnimal White Tiger ⓘ
associatedChineseConstellation White Tiger (西方白虎) ⓘ
associatedDirection West ⓘ
astronomicalRegion ecliptic zone ⓘ
belongsTo Twenty-Eight Mansions ⓘ
category Chinese constellations ⓘ
asterisms in Taurus ⓘ
celestialLongitudeBand near the ecliptic ⓘ
containsFeature part of the Hyades region ⓘ
containsStar Aldebaran ⓘ
Delta Tauri ⓘ
Epsilon Tauri ⓘ
Gamma Tauri ⓘ
Theta Tauri ⓘ
Zeta Tauri ⓘ
coordinateSystem Chinese equatorial and lunar mansion system ⓘ
culturalOrigin Chinese astronomy ⓘ
englishName Net ⓘ
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 ⓘ
nameInChinese 畢宿 ⓘ
observedSince ancient China ⓘ
linked to: Ancient China
partOfSystem Chinese Twenty-Eight Mansions system ⓘ
pinyin Bì Xiù ⓘ
quadrant White Tiger of the West ⓘ
relatedSystem Four Symbols (Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise) ⓘ
relatedTo Hyades star cluster ⓘ
linked to: Hyades
representedAs celestial net ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HIP 21421 → chineseAsterism → Net (畢宿, Bì Xiù) ⓘ