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<h2 id="asterisms">Asterisms</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>English name</th><th>Chinese name</th><th><a href="/facts/Constellation/nBQqgW8A">European constellation</a></th><th>Number of stars</th></tr><tr><td>Extended Net</td><td>張</td><td><a href="/facts/Hydra_(constellation)/71YLVls1">Hydra</a></td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Celestial Temple</td><td>天廟</td><td><a href="/facts/Antlia/qNToMV1P">Antlia</a>/<a href="/facts/Pyxis/WFlVms5h">Pyxis</a></td><td>14</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Stephenson, F. Richard (1994). "13 - Chinese and Korean Star Maps and Catalogs". In Harley, J.B.; Woodward, David (eds.). The History of Cartography (PDF). Part 2. Vol. 2. University of Chicago Press. p. 517. <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B2/HOC_VOLUME2_Book2_chapter13.pdf" target="_blank">https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B2/HOC_VOLUME2_Book2_chapter13.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Penprase, Bryan E. (2017-05-05). The Power of Stars. Springer. p. 43. ISBN 978-3-319-52597-6. <a href="978-3-319-52597-6" target="_blank">978-3-319-52597-6</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Xu, Junjun (January 2009). "Ancient Chinese constellations". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 5 (S260): 107–115. doi:10.1017/S174392131100319X. ISSN 1743-9221. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS174392131100319X" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS174392131100319X</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>