Star in Ursa Major

Taiyangshou

χ UMa HR 4518 HIP 57399

traditional Chinese single star asterism: Taiyangshou means "The Guardian of the Great Yang" and is the general in charge of the yang valve, symbolising Chief Minister. Xu, Pankenier and Jiang (2000) and Sun Shuwei (Ste…

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 4518

HIP

57399

Bayer ID

χ UMa

IAU adoption

2017/06/30

Name origin

traditional Chinese single star asterism: Taiyangshou means "The Guardian of the Great Yang" and is the general in charge of the yang valve, symbolising Chief Minister. Xu, Pankenier and Jiang (2000) and Sun Shuwei (Stellarium) evaluating the medieval Song map, both identify chi UMa but Sun and Kistemaker (1997) studying the Han dynasty identify psi UMa.

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