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 -575→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Tucana -575 2 Tucana -575 3 Tucana -575 4 Tucana -575 5 Tucana -575 6 Tucana -575 7 Tucana -575 8 Tucana -575 9 Tucana -575 10 Tucana -575 11 Tucana -575 12 Tucana -575 13 Tucana -575 14 Tucana -575 15 Tucana -575 16 Tucana -575 17 Tucana -575 18 Tucana -575 19 Tucana -575 20 Tucana -575 21 Tucana -575 22 Tucana -575 23 Tucana -575 24 Tucana -575 25 Tucana -575 26 Tucana -575 27 Tucana -575 28 Tucana -575 1 Tucana -573 1 May 0530 2 May 0530 3 May 0530 4 May 0530 5 May 0530 6 May 0530 7 May 0530 8 May 0530 9 May 0530 10 May 0530 11 May 0530 12 May 0530 13 May 0530 14 May 0530 15 May 0530 16 May 0530 17 May 0530 18 May 0530 19 May 0530 20 May 0530 21 May 0530 22 May 0530 23 May 0530 24 May 0530 25 May 0530 26 May 0530 27 May 0530 28 May 0530 29 May 0530 30 May 0530
MS -531437 MS -531438 MS -531439 MS -531440 MS -531441 MS -531442 MS -531443 MS -531444 MS -531445 MS -531446 MS -531447 MS -531448 MS -531449 MS -531450 MS -531451 MS -531452 MS -531453 MS -531454 MS -531455 MS -531456 MS -531457 MS -531458 MS -531459 MS -531460 MS -531461 MS -531462 MS -531463 MS -531464 MS -531409 MD -546209 MD -546208 MD -546207 MD -546206 MD -546205 MD -546204 MD -546203 MD -546202 MD -546201 MD -546200 MD -546199 MD -546198 MD -546197 MD -546196 MD -546195 MD -546194 MD -546193 MD -546192 MD -546191 MD -546190 MD -546189 MD -546188 MD -546187 MD -546186 MD -546185 MD -546184 MD -546183 MD -546182 MD -546181 MD -546180