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 1133→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Pavo 1133 2 Pavo 1133 3 Pavo 1133 4 Pavo 1133 5 Pavo 1133 6 Pavo 1133 7 Pavo 1133 8 Pavo 1133 9 Pavo 1133 10 Pavo 1133 11 Pavo 1133 12 Pavo 1133 13 Pavo 1133 14 Pavo 1133 15 Pavo 1133 16 Pavo 1133 17 Pavo 1133 18 Pavo 1133 19 Pavo 1133 20 Pavo 1133 21 Pavo 1133 22 Pavo 1133 23 Pavo 1133 24 Pavo 1133 25 Pavo 1133 26 Pavo 1133 27 Pavo 1133 28 Pavo 1133 1 Aquila 1133 12 February 3743 13 February 3743 14 February 3743 15 February 3743 16 February 3743 17 February 3743 18 February 3743 19 February 3743 20 February 3743 21 February 3743 22 February 3743 23 February 3743 24 February 3743 25 February 3743 26 February 3743 27 February 3743 28 February 3743 1 March 3743 2 March 3743 3 March 3743 4 March 3743 5 March 3743 6 March 3743 7 March 3743 8 March 3743 9 March 3743 10 March 3743 11 March 3743 12 March 3743
MS 610294 MS 610295 MS 610296 MS 610297 MS 610298 MS 610299 MS 610300 MS 610301 MS 610302 MS 610303 MS 610304 MS 610305 MS 610306 MS 610307 MS 610308 MS 610309 MS 610310 MS 610311 MS 610312 MS 610313 MS 610314 MS 610315 MS 610316 MS 610317 MS 610318 MS 610319 MS 610320 MS 610321 MS 610322 MD 627237 MD 627238 MD 627239 MD 627240 MD 627241 MD 627242 MD 627243 MD 627244 MD 627245 MD 627246 MD 627247 MD 627248 MD 627249 MD 627250 MD 627251 MD 627252 MD 627253 MD 627254 MD 627255 MD 627256 MD 627257 MD 627258 MD 627259 MD 627260 MD 627261 MD 627262 MD 627263 MD 627264 MD 627265