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 410→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Pavo 410 2 Pavo 410 3 Pavo 410 4 Pavo 410 5 Pavo 410 6 Pavo 410 7 Pavo 410 8 Pavo 410 9 Pavo 410 10 Pavo 410 11 Pavo 410 12 Pavo 410 13 Pavo 410 14 Pavo 410 15 Pavo 410 16 Pavo 410 17 Pavo 410 18 Pavo 410 19 Pavo 410 20 Pavo 410 21 Pavo 410 22 Pavo 410 23 Pavo 410 24 Pavo 410 25 Pavo 410 26 Pavo 410 27 Pavo 410 28 Pavo 410 1 Aquila 410 15 November 2382 16 November 2382 17 November 2382 18 November 2382 19 November 2382 20 November 2382 21 November 2382 22 November 2382 23 November 2382 24 November 2382 25 November 2382 26 November 2382 27 November 2382 28 November 2382 29 November 2382 30 November 2382 1 December 2382 2 December 2382 3 December 2382 4 December 2382 5 December 2382 6 December 2382 7 December 2382 8 December 2382 9 December 2382 10 December 2382 11 December 2382 12 December 2382 13 December 2382 14 December 2382
MS 126903 MS 126904 MS 126905 MS 126906 MS 126907 MS 126908 MS 126909 MS 126910 MS 126911 MS 126912 MS 126913 MS 126914 MS 126915 MS 126916 MS 126917 MS 126918 MS 126919 MS 126920 MS 126921 MS 126922 MS 126923 MS 126924 MS 126925 MS 126926 MS 126927 MS 126928 MS 126929 MS 126930 MS 126931 MD 130418 MD 130419 MD 130420 MD 130421 MD 130422 MD 130423 MD 130424 MD 130425 MD 130426 MD 130427 MD 130428 MD 130429 MD 130430 MD 130431 MD 130432 MD 130433 MD 130434 MD 130435 MD 130436 MD 130437 MD 130438 MD 130439 MD 130440 MD 130441 MD 130442 MD 130443 MD 130444 MD 130445 MD 130446 MD 130447