Flying serpent (asterism)

Flying Serpent (Tengshe 螣蛇) is an asterism (name for a group of stars) in the constellation "Encampment" (Shixiu 室宿) in the Chinese constellation system. It is named after the mythological serpent, tengshe.[1]

The Tengshe asterism was a group of "22 stars, occurring in the northern [part] of the "Encampment" (室) constellation, [representing; or comprising the figure of] the Heavenly Snake, chief of the water reptiles", according to the treatise on astronomy in the Book of Jin (Jin Shu).[2][3]

The Tengshe coincides with the lizard constellation Lacerta,[1] and the northern parts of Lacerta occupy the center of Tengshe.[4]

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