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 40→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Pavo 40 2 Pavo 40 3 Pavo 40 4 Pavo 40 5 Pavo 40 6 Pavo 40 7 Pavo 40 8 Pavo 40 9 Pavo 40 10 Pavo 40 11 Pavo 40 12 Pavo 40 13 Pavo 40 14 Pavo 40 15 Pavo 40 16 Pavo 40 17 Pavo 40 18 Pavo 40 19 Pavo 40 20 Pavo 40 21 Pavo 40 22 Pavo 40 23 Pavo 40 24 Pavo 40 25 Pavo 40 26 Pavo 40 27 Pavo 40 28 Pavo 40 1 Aquila 40 4 October 1686 5 October 1686 6 October 1686 7 October 1686 8 October 1686 9 October 1686 10 October 1686 11 October 1686 12 October 1686 13 October 1686 14 October 1686 15 October 1686 16 October 1686 17 October 1686 18 October 1686 19 October 1686 20 October 1686 21 October 1686 22 October 1686 23 October 1686 24 October 1686 25 October 1686 26 October 1686 27 October 1686 28 October 1686 29 October 1686 30 October 1686 31 October 1686 1 November 1686 2 November 1686
MS -120475 MS -120474 MS -120473 MS -120472 MS -120471 MS -120470 MS -120469 MS -120468 MS -120467 MS -120466 MS -120465 MS -120464 MS -120463 MS -120462 MS -120461 MS -120460 MS -120459 MS -120458 MS -120457 MS -120456 MS -120455 MS -120454 MS -120453 MS -120452 MS -120451 MS -120450 MS -120449 MS -120448 MS -120447 MD -123832 MD -123831 MD -123830 MD -123829 MD -123828 MD -123827 MD -123826 MD -123825 MD -123824 MD -123823 MD -123822 MD -123821 MD -123820 MD -123819 MD -123818 MD -123817 MD -123816 MD -123815 MD -123814 MD -123813 MD -123812 MD -123811 MD -123810 MD -123809 MD -123808 MD -123807 MD -123806 MD -123805 MD -123804 MD -123803