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 1097→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Tucana 1097 2 Tucana 1097 3 Tucana 1097 4 Tucana 1097 5 Tucana 1097 6 Tucana 1097 7 Tucana 1097 8 Tucana 1097 9 Tucana 1097 10 Tucana 1097 11 Tucana 1097 12 Tucana 1097 13 Tucana 1097 14 Tucana 1097 15 Tucana 1097 16 Tucana 1097 17 Tucana 1097 18 Tucana 1097 19 Tucana 1097 20 Tucana 1097 21 Tucana 1097 22 Tucana 1097 23 Tucana 1097 24 Tucana 1097 25 Tucana 1097 26 Tucana 1097 27 Tucana 1097 28 Tucana 1097 1 Phoenix 1098 7 December 3675 8 December 3675 9 December 3675 10 December 3675 11 December 3675 12 December 3675 13 December 3675 14 December 3675 15 December 3675 16 December 3675 17 December 3675 18 December 3675 19 December 3675 20 December 3675 21 December 3675 22 December 3675 23 December 3675 24 December 3675 25 December 3675 26 December 3675 27 December 3675 28 December 3675 29 December 3675 30 December 3675 31 December 3675 1 January 3676 2 January 3676 3 January 3676 4 January 3676 5 January 3676
MS 586420 MS 586421 MS 586422 MS 586423 MS 586424 MS 586425 MS 586426 MS 586427 MS 586428 MS 586429 MS 586430 MS 586431 MS 586432 MS 586433 MS 586434 MS 586435 MS 586436 MS 586437 MS 586438 MS 586439 MS 586440 MS 586441 MS 586442 MS 586443 MS 586444 MS 586445 MS 586446 MS 586447 MS 586448 MD 602699 MD 602700 MD 602701 MD 602702 MD 602703 MD 602704 MD 602705 MD 602706 MD 602707 MD 602708 MD 602709 MD 602710 MD 602711 MD 602712 MD 602713 MD 602714 MD 602715 MD 602716 MD 602717 MD 602718 MD 602719 MD 602720 MD 602721 MD 602722 MD 602723 MD 602724 MD 602725 MD 602726 MD 602727 MD 602728