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 13→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Pavo 13 2 Pavo 13 3 Pavo 13 4 Pavo 13 5 Pavo 13 6 Pavo 13 7 Pavo 13 8 Pavo 13 9 Pavo 13 10 Pavo 13 11 Pavo 13 12 Pavo 13 13 Pavo 13 14 Pavo 13 15 Pavo 13 16 Pavo 13 17 Pavo 13 18 Pavo 13 19 Pavo 13 20 Pavo 13 21 Pavo 13 22 Pavo 13 23 Pavo 13 24 Pavo 13 25 Pavo 13 26 Pavo 13 27 Pavo 13 28 Pavo 13 1 Aquila 13 18 December 1635 19 December 1635 20 December 1635 21 December 1635 22 December 1635 23 December 1635 24 December 1635 25 December 1635 26 December 1635 27 December 1635 28 December 1635 29 December 1635 30 December 1635 31 December 1635 1 January 1636 2 January 1636 3 January 1636 4 January 1636 5 January 1636 6 January 1636 7 January 1636 8 January 1636 9 January 1636 10 January 1636 11 January 1636 12 January 1636 13 January 1636 14 January 1636 15 January 1636 16 January 1636
MS -138527 MS -138526 MS -138525 MS -138524 MS -138523 MS -138522 MS -138521 MS -138520 MS -138519 MS -138518 MS -138517 MS -138516 MS -138515 MS -138514 MS -138513 MS -138512 MS -138511 MS -138510 MS -138509 MS -138508 MS -138507 MS -138506 MS -138505 MS -138504 MS -138503 MS -138502 MS -138501 MS -138500 MS -138499 MD -142385 MD -142384 MD -142383 MD -142382 MD -142381 MD -142380 MD -142379 MD -142378 MD -142377 MD -142376 MD -142375 MD -142374 MD -142373 MD -142372 MD -142371 MD -142370 MD -142369 MD -142368 MD -142367 MD -142366 MD -142365 MD -142364 MD -142363 MD -142362 MD -142361 MD -142360 MD -142359 MD -142358 MD -142357 MD -142356