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 -540→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Tucana -540 2 Tucana -540 3 Tucana -540 4 Tucana -540 5 Tucana -540 6 Tucana -540 7 Tucana -540 8 Tucana -540 9 Tucana -540 10 Tucana -540 11 Tucana -540 12 Tucana -540 13 Tucana -540 14 Tucana -540 15 Tucana -540 16 Tucana -540 17 Tucana -540 18 Tucana -540 19 Tucana -540 20 Tucana -540 21 Tucana -540 22 Tucana -540 23 Tucana -540 24 Tucana -540 25 Tucana -540 26 Tucana -540 27 Tucana -540 28 Tucana -540 1 Tucana -538 6 March 0596 7 March 0596 8 March 0596 9 March 0596 10 March 0596 11 March 0596 12 March 0596 13 March 0596 14 March 0596 15 March 0596 16 March 0596 17 March 0596 18 March 0596 19 March 0596 20 March 0596 21 March 0596 22 March 0596 23 March 0596 24 March 0596 25 March 0596 26 March 0596 27 March 0596 28 March 0596 29 March 0596 30 March 0596 31 March 0596 1 April 0596 2 April 0596 3 April 0596 4 April 0596
MS -508036 MS -508037 MS -508038 MS -508039 MS -508040 MS -508041 MS -508042 MS -508043 MS -508044 MS -508045 MS -508046 MS -508047 MS -508048 MS -508049 MS -508050 MS -508051 MS -508052 MS -508053 MS -508054 MS -508055 MS -508056 MS -508057 MS -508058 MS -508059 MS -508060 MS -508061 MS -508062 MS -508063 MS -508008 MD -522158 MD -522157 MD -522156 MD -522155 MD -522154 MD -522153 MD -522152 MD -522151 MD -522150 MD -522149 MD -522148 MD -522147 MD -522146 MD -522145 MD -522144 MD -522143 MD -522142 MD -522141 MD -522140 MD -522139 MD -522138 MD -522137 MD -522136 MD -522135 MD -522134 MD -522133 MD -522132 MD -522131 MD -522130 MD -522129