Chariot (Chinese constellation)
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The Chariot mansion (simplified Chinese: 轸宿; traditional Chinese: 軫宿; pinyin: Zhěn Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.
[edit] Asterisms
| English name | Chinese name | Modern constellation | Number of stars |
| Chariot | 軫 | Corvus | 4 |
| Changsha | 長沙 | Corvus | 1 |
| Left Linchpin | 左轄 | Corvus | 1 |
| Right Linchpin | 右轄 | Corvus | 1 |
| Green Hill | 青丘 | Hydra | 7 |
| Military Gate | 軍門 | Hydra | 2 |
| Master of Constructions | 土司空 | Hydra | 4 |
| House for Musical Instruments | 器府 | Centaurus | 32 |
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