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 -400→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Pavo -400 2 Pavo -400 3 Pavo -400 4 Pavo -400 5 Pavo -400 6 Pavo -400 7 Pavo -400 8 Pavo -400 9 Pavo -400 10 Pavo -400 11 Pavo -400 12 Pavo -400 13 Pavo -400 14 Pavo -400 15 Pavo -400 16 Pavo -400 17 Pavo -400 18 Pavo -400 19 Pavo -400 20 Pavo -400 21 Pavo -400 22 Pavo -400 23 Pavo -400 24 Pavo -400 25 Pavo -400 26 Pavo -400 27 Pavo -400 28 Pavo -400 3 Volans -399 10 January 0859 11 January 0859 12 January 0859 13 January 0859 14 January 0859 15 January 0859 16 January 0859 17 January 0859 18 January 0859 19 January 0859 20 January 0859 21 January 0859 22 January 0859 23 January 0859 24 January 0859 25 January 0859 26 January 0859 27 January 0859 28 January 0859 29 January 0859 30 January 0859 31 January 0859 1 February 0859 2 February 0859 3 February 0859 4 February 0859 5 February 0859 6 February 0859
MS -414628 MS -414629 MS -414630 MS -414631 MS -414632 MS -414633 MS -414634 MS -414635 MS -414636 MS -414637 MS -414638 MS -414639 MS -414640 MS -414641 MS -414642 MS -414643 MS -414644 MS -414645 MS -414646 MS -414647 MS -414648 MS -414649 MS -414650 MS -414651 MS -414652 MS -414653 MS -414654 MS -414655 MS -414601 MD -426155 MD -426154 MD -426153 MD -426152 MD -426151 MD -426150 MD -426149 MD -426148 MD -426147 MD -426146 MD -426145 MD -426144 MD -426143 MD -426142 MD -426141 MD -426140 MD -426139 MD -426138 MD -426137 MD -426136 MD -426135 MD -426134 MD -426133 MD -426132 MD -426131 MD -426130 MD -426129 MD -426128