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 -568→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Pavo -568 2 Pavo -568 3 Pavo -568 4 Pavo -568 5 Pavo -568 6 Pavo -568 7 Pavo -568 8 Pavo -568 9 Pavo -568 10 Pavo -568 11 Pavo -568 12 Pavo -568 13 Pavo -568 14 Pavo -568 15 Pavo -568 16 Pavo -568 17 Pavo -568 18 Pavo -568 19 Pavo -568 20 Pavo -568 21 Pavo -568 22 Pavo -568 23 Pavo -568 24 Pavo -568 25 Pavo -568 26 Pavo -568 27 Pavo -568 28 Pavo -568 2 Volans -567 14 December 0542 15 December 0542 16 December 0542 17 December 0542 18 December 0542 19 December 0542 20 December 0542 21 December 0542 22 December 0542 23 December 0542 24 December 0542 25 December 0542 26 December 0542 27 December 0542 28 December 0542 29 December 0542 30 December 0542 31 December 0542 1 January 0543 2 January 0543 3 January 0543 4 January 0543 5 January 0543 6 January 0543 7 January 0543 8 January 0543 9 January 0543 10 January 0543 11 January 0543
MS -526951 MS -526952 MS -526953 MS -526954 MS -526955 MS -526956 MS -526957 MS -526958 MS -526959 MS -526960 MS -526961 MS -526962 MS -526963 MS -526964 MS -526965 MS -526966 MS -526967 MS -526968 MS -526969 MS -526970 MS -526971 MS -526972 MS -526973 MS -526974 MS -526975 MS -526976 MS -526977 MS -526978 MS -526924 MD -541599 MD -541598 MD -541597 MD -541596 MD -541595 MD -541594 MD -541593 MD -541592 MD -541591 MD -541590 MD -541589 MD -541588 MD -541587 MD -541586 MD -541585 MD -541584 MD -541583 MD -541582 MD -541581 MD -541580 MD -541579 MD -541578 MD -541577 MD -541576 MD -541575 MD -541574 MD -541573 MD -541572 MD -541571