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 211→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Pavo 211 2 Pavo 211 3 Pavo 211 4 Pavo 211 5 Pavo 211 6 Pavo 211 7 Pavo 211 8 Pavo 211 9 Pavo 211 10 Pavo 211 11 Pavo 211 12 Pavo 211 13 Pavo 211 14 Pavo 211 15 Pavo 211 16 Pavo 211 17 Pavo 211 18 Pavo 211 19 Pavo 211 20 Pavo 211 21 Pavo 211 22 Pavo 211 23 Pavo 211 24 Pavo 211 25 Pavo 211 26 Pavo 211 27 Pavo 211 28 Pavo 211 1 Aquila 211 23 June 2008 24 June 2008 25 June 2008 26 June 2008 27 June 2008 28 June 2008 29 June 2008 30 June 2008 1 July 2008 2 July 2008 3 July 2008 4 July 2008 5 July 2008 6 July 2008 7 July 2008 8 July 2008 9 July 2008 10 July 2008 11 July 2008 12 July 2008 13 July 2008 14 July 2008 15 July 2008 16 July 2008 17 July 2008 18 July 2008 19 July 2008 20 July 2008 21 July 2008 22 July 2008
MS -6146 MS -6145 MS -6144 MS -6143 MS -6142 MS -6141 MS -6140 MS -6139 MS -6138 MS -6137 MS -6136 MS -6135 MS -6134 MS -6133 MS -6132 MS -6131 MS -6130 MS -6129 MS -6128 MS -6127 MS -6126 MS -6125 MS -6124 MS -6123 MS -6122 MS -6121 MS -6120 MS -6119 MS -6118 MD -6327 MD -6326 MD -6325 MD -6324 MD -6323 MD -6322 MD -6321 MD -6320 MD -6319 MD -6318 MD -6317 MD -6316 MD -6315 MD -6314 MD -6313 MD -6312 MD -6311 MD -6310 MD -6309 MD -6308 MD -6307 MD -6306 MD -6305 MD -6304 MD -6303 MD -6302 MD -6301 MD -6300 MD -6299 MD -6298