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 103→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Pavo 103 2 Pavo 103 3 Pavo 103 4 Pavo 103 5 Pavo 103 6 Pavo 103 7 Pavo 103 8 Pavo 103 9 Pavo 103 10 Pavo 103 11 Pavo 103 12 Pavo 103 13 Pavo 103 14 Pavo 103 15 Pavo 103 16 Pavo 103 17 Pavo 103 18 Pavo 103 19 Pavo 103 20 Pavo 103 21 Pavo 103 22 Pavo 103 23 Pavo 103 24 Pavo 103 25 Pavo 103 26 Pavo 103 27 Pavo 103 28 Pavo 103 1 Aquila 103 16 April 1805 17 April 1805 18 April 1805 19 April 1805 20 April 1805 21 April 1805 22 April 1805 23 April 1805 24 April 1805 25 April 1805 26 April 1805 27 April 1805 28 April 1805 29 April 1805 30 April 1805 1 May 1805 2 May 1805 3 May 1805 4 May 1805 5 May 1805 6 May 1805 7 May 1805 8 May 1805 9 May 1805 10 May 1805 11 May 1805 12 May 1805 13 May 1805 14 May 1805
MS -78354 MS -78353 MS -78352 MS -78351 MS -78350 MS -78349 MS -78348 MS -78347 MS -78346 MS -78345 MS -78344 MS -78343 MS -78342 MS -78341 MS -78340 MS -78339 MS -78338 MS -78337 MS -78336 MS -78335 MS -78334 MS -78333 MS -78332 MS -78331 MS -78330 MS -78329 MS -78328 MS -78327 MS -78326 MD -80540 MD -80539 MD -80538 MD -80537 MD -80536 MD -80535 MD -80534 MD -80533 MD -80532 MD -80531 MD -80530 MD -80529 MD -80528 MD -80527 MD -80526 MD -80525 MD -80524 MD -80523 MD -80522 MD -80521 MD -80520 MD -80519 MD -80518 MD -80517 MD -80516 MD -80515 MD -80514 MD -80513 MD -80512