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 1249→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Tucana 1249 2 Tucana 1249 3 Tucana 1249 4 Tucana 1249 5 Tucana 1249 6 Tucana 1249 7 Tucana 1249 8 Tucana 1249 9 Tucana 1249 10 Tucana 1249 11 Tucana 1249 12 Tucana 1249 13 Tucana 1249 14 Tucana 1249 15 Tucana 1249 16 Tucana 1249 17 Tucana 1249 18 Tucana 1249 19 Tucana 1249 20 Tucana 1249 21 Tucana 1249 22 Tucana 1249 23 Tucana 1249 24 Tucana 1249 25 Tucana 1249 26 Tucana 1249 27 Tucana 1249 28 Tucana 1249 1 Phoenix 1250 26 November 3961 27 November 3961 28 November 3961 29 November 3961 30 November 3961 1 December 3961 2 December 3961 3 December 3961 4 December 3961 5 December 3961 6 December 3961 7 December 3961 8 December 3961 9 December 3961 10 December 3961 11 December 3961 12 December 3961 13 December 3961 14 December 3961 15 December 3961 16 December 3961 17 December 3961 18 December 3961 19 December 3961 20 December 3961 21 December 3961 22 December 3961 23 December 3961 24 December 3961 25 December 3961
MS 688045 MS 688046 MS 688047 MS 688048 MS 688049 MS 688050 MS 688051 MS 688052 MS 688053 MS 688054 MS 688055 MS 688056 MS 688057 MS 688058 MS 688059 MS 688060 MS 688061 MS 688062 MS 688063 MS 688064 MS 688065 MS 688066 MS 688067 MS 688068 MS 688069 MS 688070 MS 688071 MS 688072 MS 688073 MD 707147 MD 707148 MD 707149 MD 707150 MD 707151 MD 707152 MD 707153 MD 707154 MD 707155 MD 707156 MD 707157 MD 707158 MD 707159 MD 707160 MD 707161 MD 707162 MD 707163 MD 707164 MD 707165 MD 707166 MD 707167 MD 707168 MD 707169 MD 707170 MD 707171 MD 707172 MD 707173 MD 707174 MD 707175 MD 707176