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 1062→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627
1 Tucana 1062 2 Tucana 1062 3 Tucana 1062 4 Tucana 1062 5 Tucana 1062 6 Tucana 1062 7 Tucana 1062 8 Tucana 1062 9 Tucana 1062 10 Tucana 1062 11 Tucana 1062 12 Tucana 1062 13 Tucana 1062 14 Tucana 1062 15 Tucana 1062 16 Tucana 1062 17 Tucana 1062 18 Tucana 1062 19 Tucana 1062 20 Tucana 1062 21 Tucana 1062 22 Tucana 1062 23 Tucana 1062 24 Tucana 1062 25 Tucana 1062 26 Tucana 1062 27 Tucana 1062 1 Phoenix 1063 1 February 3610 2 February 3610 3 February 3610 4 February 3610 5 February 3610 6 February 3610 7 February 3610 8 February 3610 9 February 3610 10 February 3610 11 February 3610 12 February 3610 13 February 3610 14 February 3610 15 February 3610 16 February 3610 17 February 3610 18 February 3610 19 February 3610 20 February 3610 21 February 3610 22 February 3610 23 February 3610 24 February 3610 25 February 3610 26 February 3610 27 February 3610 28 February 3610 1 March 3610
MS 563020 MS 563021 MS 563022 MS 563023 MS 563024 MS 563025 MS 563026 MS 563027 MS 563028 MS 563029 MS 563030 MS 563031 MS 563032 MS 563033 MS 563034 MS 563035 MS 563036 MS 563037 MS 563038 MS 563039 MS 563040 MS 563041 MS 563042 MS 563043 MS 563044 MS 563045 MS 563046 MS 563047 MD 578649 MD 578650 MD 578651 MD 578652 MD 578653 MD 578654 MD 578655 MD 578656 MD 578657 MD 578658 MD 578659 MD 578660 MD 578661 MD 578662 MD 578663 MD 578664 MD 578665 MD 578666 MD 578667 MD 578668 MD 578669 MD 578670 MD 578671 MD 578672 MD 578673 MD 578674 MD 578675 MD 578676 MD 578677