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 -823→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Pavo -823 2 Pavo -823 3 Pavo -823 4 Pavo -823 5 Pavo -823 6 Pavo -823 7 Pavo -823 8 Pavo -823 9 Pavo -823 10 Pavo -823 11 Pavo -823 12 Pavo -823 13 Pavo -823 14 Pavo -823 15 Pavo -823 16 Pavo -823 17 Pavo -823 18 Pavo -823 19 Pavo -823 20 Pavo -823 21 Pavo -823 22 Pavo -823 23 Pavo -823 24 Pavo -823 25 Pavo -823 26 Pavo -823 27 Pavo -823 28 Pavo -823 2 Volans -822 13 March 0063 14 March 0063 15 March 0063 16 March 0063 17 March 0063 18 March 0063 19 March 0063 20 March 0063 21 March 0063 22 March 0063 23 March 0063 24 March 0063 25 March 0063 26 March 0063 27 March 0063 28 March 0063 29 March 0063 30 March 0063 31 March 0063 1 April 0063 2 April 0063 3 April 0063 4 April 0063 5 April 0063 6 April 0063 7 April 0063 8 April 0063 9 April 0063
MS -697443 MS -697444 MS -697445 MS -697446 MS -697447 MS -697448 MS -697449 MS -697450 MS -697451 MS -697452 MS -697453 MS -697454 MS -697455 MS -697456 MS -697457 MS -697458 MS -697459 MS -697460 MS -697461 MS -697462 MS -697463 MS -697464 MS -697465 MS -697466 MS -697467 MS -697468 MS -697469 MS -697470 MS -697416 MD -716826 MD -716825 MD -716824 MD -716823 MD -716822 MD -716821 MD -716820 MD -716819 MD -716818 MD -716817 MD -716816 MD -716815 MD -716814 MD -716813 MD -716812 MD -716811 MD -716810 MD -716809 MD -716808 MD -716807 MD -716806 MD -716805 MD -716804 MD -716803 MD -716802 MD -716801 MD -716800 MD -716799