IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Pavo
The Peacock
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationPav
GenitivePavonis
Pronunciation/ˈpeɪvoʊ/, /ˈpɑːvoʊ/ genitive /pəˈvoʊnɪs/
PAY-vo
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarPeacock (α Pav)
Right Ascention 20h 26m Declination -56° 44'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.588 h (35.3 min)
Pavo, “The Peacock”, is a modern constellation created in the late sixteenth-century. As with most of their creations, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman selected an animal to name their star group after. In Greek mythology, the peacock was sacred for Hera. When Hermes killed Argus, the one-hundred-eyed giant, Hera placed the monsters eyes on the tail of the peacock.
www.underthesky.com
Pavo as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Pavo -297→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Pavo -297 2 Pavo -297 3 Pavo -297 4 Pavo -297 5 Pavo -297 6 Pavo -297 7 Pavo -297 8 Pavo -297 9 Pavo -297 10 Pavo -297 11 Pavo -297 12 Pavo -297 13 Pavo -297 14 Pavo -297 15 Pavo -297 16 Pavo -297 17 Pavo -297 18 Pavo -297 19 Pavo -297 20 Pavo -297 21 Pavo -297 22 Pavo -297 23 Pavo -297 24 Pavo -297 25 Pavo -297 26 Pavo -297 27 Pavo -297 28 Pavo -297 2 Volans -296 22 October 1052 23 October 1052 24 October 1052 25 October 1052 26 October 1052 27 October 1052 28 October 1052 29 October 1052 30 October 1052 31 October 1052 1 November 1052 2 November 1052 3 November 1052 4 November 1052 5 November 1052 6 November 1052 7 November 1052 8 November 1052 9 November 1052 10 November 1052 11 November 1052 12 November 1052 13 November 1052 14 November 1052 15 November 1052 16 November 1052 17 November 1052 18 November 1052 19 November 1052
MS -345763 MS -345764 MS -345765 MS -345766 MS -345767 MS -345768 MS -345769 MS -345770 MS -345771 MS -345772 MS -345773 MS -345774 MS -345775 MS -345776 MS -345777 MS -345778 MS -345779 MS -345780 MS -345781 MS -345782 MS -345783 MS -345784 MS -345785 MS -345786 MS -345787 MS -345788 MS -345789 MS -345790 MS -345736 MD -355378 MD -355377 MD -355376 MD -355375 MD -355374 MD -355373 MD -355372 MD -355371 MD -355370 MD -355369 MD -355368 MD -355367 MD -355366 MD -355365 MD -355364 MD -355363 MD -355362 MD -355361 MD -355360 MD -355359 MD -355358 MD -355357 MD -355356 MD -355355 MD -355354 MD -355353 MD -355352 MD -355351 MD -355350