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Hoshi Stars星

The stars you can see without a telescope, with names, colours and distances; the 88 constellations with their lines and boundaries; the Messier objects; and seven map projections to draw them on.

Hoshi is the Japanese word 星 for a star. About the name

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Reference · The 88 constellations, in English and Japanese

Constellationtype

One of the 88 constellations.

Import it

import type { Constellation } from "@johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars/constellations";

Definition

interface Constellation {
    abbreviation: string;
    name: string;
    genitive: string;
    english: string;
    japanese: string;
    reading: string;
}

Members

NameTypeDescription
abbreviationstring

The IAU three-letter abbreviation, with its real capitals (CMa, CVn, PsA). It is the same text as Star.constellation.

namestring

The Latin name (Canis Major, Boötes).

genitivestring

The Latin genitive, the form used in star names (Canis Majoris for α Canis Majoris).

englishstring

The English name without an article (Great Dog, Hunter).

japanesestring

The Japanese name in the kana form the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan uses, ending in 座 (おおいぬ座, オリオン座).

readingstring

The Japanese name written wholly in hiragana, 座 read as ざ (おおいぬざ, おりおんざ). The long-vowel mark ー stays.

Examples

import { constellation, type Constellation } from "@johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars/constellations";

const orion: Constellation = constellation("Ori")!;
console.log(orion.name, orion.english, orion.japanese);
Orion Hunter オリオン座

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/hoshi-stars 0.7.0.