IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Tucana
The Toucan
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationTuc
GenitiveTucanae
Pronunciation/tjuːˈkeɪnə/ genitive /-ni/
too-KAY-nuh/too-KAH-nuh
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Tucanae
Right Ascention 0h 19m Declination -64° 52'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.009 h (0.5 min)
Tucana, “The Toucan”, is one of the inventions of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, two Dutch navigators who observed the southern skies at the end of the sixteenth century. Responsible for creating 12 southern constellations, Tucana is another of the duos designs that was based on wildlife. It represents the South American bird with the large, colorful bill.
www.underthesky.com
Tucana 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.
←Tucana -421→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Tucana -421 2 Tucana -421 3 Tucana -421 4 Tucana -421 5 Tucana -421 6 Tucana -421 7 Tucana -421 8 Tucana -421 9 Tucana -421 10 Tucana -421 11 Tucana -421 12 Tucana -421 13 Tucana -421 14 Tucana -421 15 Tucana -421 16 Tucana -421 17 Tucana -421 18 Tucana -421 19 Tucana -421 20 Tucana -421 21 Tucana -421 22 Tucana -421 23 Tucana -421 24 Tucana -421 25 Tucana -421 26 Tucana -421 27 Tucana -421 28 Tucana -421 2 Tucana -419 24 January 0820 25 January 0820 26 January 0820 27 January 0820 28 January 0820 29 January 0820 30 January 0820 31 January 0820 1 February 0820 2 February 0820 3 February 0820 4 February 0820 5 February 0820 6 February 0820 7 February 0820 8 February 0820 9 February 0820 10 February 0820 11 February 0820 12 February 0820 13 February 0820 14 February 0820 15 February 0820 16 February 0820 17 February 0820 18 February 0820 19 February 0820 20 February 0820 21 February 0820 22 February 0820
MS -428474 MS -428475 MS -428476 MS -428477 MS -428478 MS -428479 MS -428480 MS -428481 MS -428482 MS -428483 MS -428484 MS -428485 MS -428486 MS -428487 MS -428488 MS -428489 MS -428490 MS -428491 MS -428492 MS -428493 MS -428494 MS -428495 MS -428496 MS -428497 MS -428498 MS -428499 MS -428500 MS -428501 MS -428446 MD -440386 MD -440385 MD -440384 MD -440383 MD -440382 MD -440381 MD -440380 MD -440379 MD -440378 MD -440377 MD -440376 MD -440375 MD -440374 MD -440373 MD -440372 MD -440371 MD -440370 MD -440369 MD -440368 MD -440367 MD -440366 MD -440365 MD -440364 MD -440363 MD -440362 MD -440361 MD -440360 MD -440359 MD -440358 MD -440357