User:Bilalkaifa

Stubs
Stars -- possib. explanation of the Chinese names. FH appeared to have taken some names from ancient Chinese sky charts, with slight modification to indicate the passage of time.

Reference: Chen Zungui (陈遵妫). History of Chinese Astronomy (中国天文学史).

Example:


 * Niushe -- 34 Draconis or Psi (31) Draconis. Possible corruption of "Nüshi", the ancient Ch. name for the star. Literally: 女史, "female officiate", a female master of ceremonies and protocols, who was also an entourage of the royal consort.


 * Gamma Waiping -- Possibly Gamma Piscium, host star of Salusa Secundus. "Waiping" was an ancient Chinese constellation occupying part of Pisces and a small part of Cetus. Actually, the star Gamma Piscium wasn't actually in the group named Waiping, but in another Ch. constellation, Pili (霹雳, lit. "Thunderbolt"). Literally, "Waiping" (外屏) means "outer/exterior screen". The "screen" was a part of a traditional Chinese manor building for the elite society, resembling a non-enclosing wall.


 * II Theta Shaowei -- Primary star of the Jewel Planet Hagal. This need extra explanation, for "Shaowei" could refer to different things WRT star names:
 * 少卫 ("junior guard") -- this one was again the name of yet two different star groups! The "junior guard on the Left Wall" was a group of stars in Cepheus. The "junior guard on the Right Wall" was a single star in Camelopardalis.
 * 少尉 ("junior captain") -- part of Draco.
 * 少微 ("junior magistrate") -- Exact location unknown. Possibly covering parts of Leo and Leo Minor.
 * It is difficult to say what FH was thinking when he took that name. Maybe he just picked a random cool-sounding name ;-).


 * Kuentsing -- Home star of Bela Tegeuse. Possibly Cantonese pronunciation for the Chinese constellation name "军井", lit. "army-well", a well dug during a military expedition. Considering Bela Tegeuse was the "third stopping place of the Zensunni (Fremen) forced migration" (Dune), this name was quite appropriate: a well dug for water by the Fremen during their perilous exodus toward Arrakis. The name "Bela Tegeuse" might as well be a corrupted form of Betelgeuse, the shoulder of Orion.