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 396→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Pavo 396 2 Pavo 396 3 Pavo 396 4 Pavo 396 5 Pavo 396 6 Pavo 396 7 Pavo 396 8 Pavo 396 9 Pavo 396 10 Pavo 396 11 Pavo 396 12 Pavo 396 13 Pavo 396 14 Pavo 396 15 Pavo 396 16 Pavo 396 17 Pavo 396 18 Pavo 396 19 Pavo 396 20 Pavo 396 21 Pavo 396 22 Pavo 396 23 Pavo 396 24 Pavo 396 25 Pavo 396 26 Pavo 396 27 Pavo 396 28 Pavo 396 1 Aquila 396 15 July 2356 16 July 2356 17 July 2356 18 July 2356 19 July 2356 20 July 2356 21 July 2356 22 July 2356 23 July 2356 24 July 2356 25 July 2356 26 July 2356 27 July 2356 28 July 2356 29 July 2356 30 July 2356 31 July 2356 1 August 2356 2 August 2356 3 August 2356 4 August 2356 5 August 2356 6 August 2356 7 August 2356 8 August 2356 9 August 2356 10 August 2356 11 August 2356 12 August 2356 13 August 2356
MS 117544 MS 117545 MS 117546 MS 117547 MS 117548 MS 117549 MS 117550 MS 117551 MS 117552 MS 117553 MS 117554 MS 117555 MS 117556 MS 117557 MS 117558 MS 117559 MS 117560 MS 117561 MS 117562 MS 117563 MS 117564 MS 117565 MS 117566 MS 117567 MS 117568 MS 117569 MS 117570 MS 117571 MS 117572 MD 120799 MD 120800 MD 120801 MD 120802 MD 120803 MD 120804 MD 120805 MD 120806 MD 120807 MD 120808 MD 120809 MD 120810 MD 120811 MD 120812 MD 120813 MD 120814 MD 120815 MD 120816 MD 120817 MD 120818 MD 120819 MD 120820 MD 120821 MD 120822 MD 120823 MD 120824 MD 120825 MD 120826 MD 120827 MD 120828