| 二十八宿 | [にじゅうはっしゅく, nijuuhasshuku] (n) twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions) |
| 星官 | [せいかん, seikan] (n) (obsc) (See 星宿・せいしゅく・2) constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions") |
| 星宿;ほとおり星 | [せいしゅく(星宿);ほとおりぼし;ほとほりぼし(星宿), seishuku ( hoshi yado ); hotooriboshi ; hotohoriboshi ( hoshi yado )] (n) (1) constellation; (2) (arch) (See 二十八宿) mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions); (3) (See 星・せい) Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
| 黄経 | [こうけい;おうけい, koukei ; oukei] (n) ecliptic longitude; celestial longitude |
| 黄緯 | [こうい, koui] (n) celestial latitude; ecliptic latitude |
| 黄道 | [こうどう;おうどう, koudou ; oudou] (n) ecliptic |
| 黄道座標 | [こうどうざひょう, koudouzahyou] (n) ecliptic coordinates |
| 黄道面 | [こうどうめん, koudoumen] (n) plane of the ecliptic |