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 1010→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Pavo 1010 2 Pavo 1010 3 Pavo 1010 4 Pavo 1010 5 Pavo 1010 6 Pavo 1010 7 Pavo 1010 8 Pavo 1010 9 Pavo 1010 10 Pavo 1010 11 Pavo 1010 12 Pavo 1010 13 Pavo 1010 14 Pavo 1010 15 Pavo 1010 16 Pavo 1010 17 Pavo 1010 18 Pavo 1010 19 Pavo 1010 20 Pavo 1010 21 Pavo 1010 22 Pavo 1010 23 Pavo 1010 24 Pavo 1010 25 Pavo 1010 26 Pavo 1010 27 Pavo 1010 28 Pavo 1010 1 Aquila 1010 15 September 3511 16 September 3511 17 September 3511 18 September 3511 19 September 3511 20 September 3511 21 September 3511 22 September 3511 23 September 3511 24 September 3511 25 September 3511 26 September 3511 27 September 3511 28 September 3511 29 September 3511 30 September 3511 1 October 3511 2 October 3511 3 October 3511 4 October 3511 5 October 3511 6 October 3511 7 October 3511 8 October 3511 9 October 3511 10 October 3511 11 October 3511 12 October 3511 13 October 3511 14 October 3511
MS 528057 MS 528058 MS 528059 MS 528060 MS 528061 MS 528062 MS 528063 MS 528064 MS 528065 MS 528066 MS 528067 MS 528068 MS 528069 MS 528070 MS 528071 MS 528072 MS 528073 MS 528074 MS 528075 MS 528076 MS 528077 MS 528078 MS 528079 MS 528080 MS 528081 MS 528082 MS 528083 MS 528084 MS 528085 MD 542715 MD 542716 MD 542717 MD 542718 MD 542719 MD 542720 MD 542721 MD 542722 MD 542723 MD 542724 MD 542725 MD 542726 MD 542727 MD 542728 MD 542729 MD 542730 MD 542731 MD 542732 MD 542733 MD 542734 MD 542735 MD 542736 MD 542737 MD 542738 MD 542739 MD 542740 MD 542741 MD 542742 MD 542743 MD 542744