Flying Serpent (Tengshe 螣蛇) is an asterism (name for a group of stars) in the constellation "Encampment" (Shixiu 室宿) in the Chinese constellation system. It is named after the mythological serpent, tengshe.
The Tengshe asterism was a group of "22 stars, occurring in the northern of the "Encampment" (室) constellation, the Heavenly Snake, chief of the water reptiles", according to the treatise on astronomy in the Book of Jin (Jin Shu).
The Tengshe coincides with the lizard constellation Lacerta, and the northern parts of Lacerta occupy the center of Tengshe.
References
- ^ Sun, Xiaochun ; Kistemaker, Jacob (2021). The Chinese Sky during the Han: Constellating Stars and Society. BRILL. p. 150. ISBN 9789004488755.
- Jinshu (Tianwenzhi 1) 晉書（天文志 1） [Book of Jin (Treatise on Astronomy 1)]. Vol. 11. 1903 – via Wikisource.
腾蛇二十二星，在营室北，天蛇也，主水虫。
- Chen Menglei, ed. (1726). "Tengshe" 騰蛇. Qinding Gujin Tushu Jicheng 欽定古今圖書集成 – via Wikisource.
- Hislop, Susanna (2015). "Lacerta". Stories in the Stars: An Atlas of Constellations. Hannah Waldron (illustr.). Penguin. ISBN 9780698197909.
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