Columba in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Columba lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ) and the Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鴿座 (tiān gē zuò), meaning "the heaven dove constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Columba area consists of :
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | 參 | Shēn | Three Stars | 屎 | Shǐ | Excrement | μ Col[1] | 屎 | Shǐ | (One star of) |
| Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | 井 | Jǐng | Well | 丈人 | Zhàngrén | Grandfather | ||||
| α Col[2] | ||||||||||
| 丈人一 | Zhàngrényī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 丈人北星 | Zhàngrénběixīng | Northern star | ||||||||
| ε Col[2] | 丈人二 | Zhàngrénèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 子 | Zǐ | Son | ||||||||
| λ Col[2] | 子一 | Zǐyī | 1st star | |||||||
| β Col[2] | 子二 | Zǐèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| γ Col | 子增一 | Zǐzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 孫 | Sūn | Grandson | ||||||||
| κ Col[2] | 孫一 | Sūnyī | 1st star | |||||||
| θ Col[2] | 孫二 | Sūnèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| δ Col | 孫增三 | Sūnzēngsān | 3rd additional star |