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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.
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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.
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