Ghost (Chinese constellation)

The Ghost mansion (Chinese: 鬼宿; pinyin: Guǐ Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the southern mansions of the Vermilion Bird.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name Modern constellation Number of stars
Ghost Cancer 4
Cumulative Corpses 積尸 Cancer 1
Beacon Fire Cancer 4
Celestial Dog 天狗 Pyxis/Vela 7
Outer Kitchen 外廚 Hydra 6
Celestial Earth God's Temple 天社 Vela 6
Judge for Estimating the Age of Animals 天記 Vela 1
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