Legs (Chinese constellation)

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The Legs mansion (奎宿, pinyin: Kuí Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

[edit] Asterisms

English name	Chinese name	European constellation	Number of stars
Legs	奎	Andromeda/Pisces	16
Outer Fence	外屏	Pisces	7
Celestial Pigsty	天溷	Cetus	4
Master of Constructions	土司空	Cetus	1
Southern Military Gate	軍南門	Andromeda	1
Flying Corridor	閣道	Cassiopeia	6
Auxiliary Road	附路	Cassiopeia	1
Wang Liang[1]	王良	Cassiopeia	5
Whip	策	Cassiopeia	1

[edit] References

1. ^ Wang Liang was a famous charioteer during the Spring and Autumn Period.

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