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 635→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Pavo 635 2 Pavo 635 3 Pavo 635 4 Pavo 635 5 Pavo 635 6 Pavo 635 7 Pavo 635 8 Pavo 635 9 Pavo 635 10 Pavo 635 11 Pavo 635 12 Pavo 635 13 Pavo 635 14 Pavo 635 15 Pavo 635 16 Pavo 635 17 Pavo 635 18 Pavo 635 19 Pavo 635 20 Pavo 635 21 Pavo 635 22 Pavo 635 23 Pavo 635 24 Pavo 635 25 Pavo 635 26 Pavo 635 27 Pavo 635 28 Pavo 635 1 Aquila 635 9 March 2806 10 March 2806 11 March 2806 12 March 2806 13 March 2806 14 March 2806 15 March 2806 16 March 2806 17 March 2806 18 March 2806 19 March 2806 20 March 2806 21 March 2806 22 March 2806 23 March 2806 24 March 2806 25 March 2806 26 March 2806 27 March 2806 28 March 2806 29 March 2806 30 March 2806 31 March 2806 1 April 2806 2 April 2806 3 April 2806 4 April 2806 5 April 2806 6 April 2806 7 April 2806
MS 277336 MS 277337 MS 277338 MS 277339 MS 277340 MS 277341 MS 277342 MS 277343 MS 277344 MS 277345 MS 277346 MS 277347 MS 277348 MS 277349 MS 277350 MS 277351 MS 277352 MS 277353 MS 277354 MS 277355 MS 277356 MS 277357 MS 277358 MS 277359 MS 277360 MS 277361 MS 277362 MS 277363 MS 277364 MD 285030 MD 285031 MD 285032 MD 285033 MD 285034 MD 285035 MD 285036 MD 285037 MD 285038 MD 285039 MD 285040 MD 285041 MD 285042 MD 285043 MD 285044 MD 285045 MD 285046 MD 285047 MD 285048 MD 285049 MD 285050 MD 285051 MD 285052 MD 285053 MD 285054 MD 285055 MD 285056 MD 285057 MD 285058 MD 285059