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 1189→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Pavo 1189 2 Pavo 1189 3 Pavo 1189 4 Pavo 1189 5 Pavo 1189 6 Pavo 1189 7 Pavo 1189 8 Pavo 1189 9 Pavo 1189 10 Pavo 1189 11 Pavo 1189 12 Pavo 1189 13 Pavo 1189 14 Pavo 1189 15 Pavo 1189 16 Pavo 1189 17 Pavo 1189 18 Pavo 1189 19 Pavo 1189 20 Pavo 1189 21 Pavo 1189 22 Pavo 1189 23 Pavo 1189 24 Pavo 1189 25 Pavo 1189 26 Pavo 1189 27 Pavo 1189 28 Pavo 1189 1 Aquila 1189 22 June 3848 23 June 3848 24 June 3848 25 June 3848 26 June 3848 27 June 3848 28 June 3848 29 June 3848 30 June 3848 1 July 3848 2 July 3848 3 July 3848 4 July 3848 5 July 3848 6 July 3848 7 July 3848 8 July 3848 9 July 3848 10 July 3848 11 July 3848 12 July 3848 13 July 3848 14 July 3848 15 July 3848 16 July 3848 17 July 3848 18 July 3848 19 July 3848 20 July 3848
MS 647735 MS 647736 MS 647737 MS 647738 MS 647739 MS 647740 MS 647741 MS 647742 MS 647743 MS 647744 MS 647745 MS 647746 MS 647747 MS 647748 MS 647749 MS 647750 MS 647751 MS 647752 MS 647753 MS 647754 MS 647755 MS 647756 MS 647757 MS 647758 MS 647759 MS 647760 MS 647761 MS 647762 MS 647763 MD 665718 MD 665719 MD 665720 MD 665721 MD 665722 MD 665723 MD 665724 MD 665725 MD 665726 MD 665727 MD 665728 MD 665729 MD 665730 MD 665731 MD 665732 MD 665733 MD 665734 MD 665735 MD 665736 MD 665737 MD 665738 MD 665739 MD 665740 MD 665741 MD 665742 MD 665743 MD 665744 MD 665745 MD 665746