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 -886→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
1 Tucana -886 2 Tucana -886 3 Tucana -886 4 Tucana -886 5 Tucana -886 6 Tucana -886 7 Tucana -886 8 Tucana -886 9 Tucana -886 10 Tucana -886 11 Tucana -886 12 Tucana -886 13 Tucana -886 14 Tucana -886 15 Tucana -886 16 Tucana -886 17 Tucana -886 18 Tucana -886 19 Tucana -886 20 Tucana -886 21 Tucana -886 22 Tucana -886 23 Tucana -886 24 Tucana -886 25 Tucana -886 26 Tucana -886 27 Tucana -886 1 Tucana -884 20 March -0055 21 March -0055 22 March -0055 23 March -0055 24 March -0055 25 March -0055 26 March -0055 27 March -0055 28 March -0055 29 March -0055 30 March -0055 31 March -0055 1 April -0055 2 April -0055 3 April -0055 4 April -0055 5 April -0055 6 April -0055 7 April -0055 8 April -0055 9 April -0055 10 April -0055 11 April -0055 12 April -0055 13 April -0055 14 April -0055 15 April -0055 16 April -0055 17 April -0055 18 April -0055
MS -739370 MS -739371 MS -739372 MS -739373 MS -739374 MS -739375 MS -739376 MS -739377 MS -739378 MS -739379 MS -739380 MS -739381 MS -739382 MS -739383 MS -739384 MS -739385 MS -739386 MS -739387 MS -739388 MS -739389 MS -739390 MS -739391 MS -739392 MS -739393 MS -739394 MS -739395 MS -739396 MS -739342 MD -759918 MD -759917 MD -759916 MD -759915 MD -759914 MD -759913 MD -759912 MD -759911 MD -759910 MD -759909 MD -759908 MD -759907 MD -759906 MD -759905 MD -759904 MD -759903 MD -759902 MD -759901 MD -759900 MD -759899 MD -759898 MD -759897 MD -759896 MD -759895 MD -759894 MD -759893 MD -759892 MD -759891 MD -759890 MD -759889