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 215→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Tucana 215 2 Tucana 215 3 Tucana 215 4 Tucana 215 5 Tucana 215 6 Tucana 215 7 Tucana 215 8 Tucana 215 9 Tucana 215 10 Tucana 215 11 Tucana 215 12 Tucana 215 13 Tucana 215 14 Tucana 215 15 Tucana 215 16 Tucana 215 17 Tucana 215 18 Tucana 215 19 Tucana 215 20 Tucana 215 21 Tucana 215 22 Tucana 215 23 Tucana 215 24 Tucana 215 25 Tucana 215 26 Tucana 215 27 Tucana 215 28 Tucana 215 1 Phoenix 216 20 July 2016 21 July 2016 22 July 2016 23 July 2016 24 July 2016 25 July 2016 26 July 2016 27 July 2016 28 July 2016 29 July 2016 30 July 2016 31 July 2016 1 August 2016 2 August 2016 3 August 2016 4 August 2016 5 August 2016 6 August 2016 7 August 2016 8 August 2016 9 August 2016 10 August 2016 11 August 2016 12 August 2016 13 August 2016 14 August 2016 15 August 2016 16 August 2016 17 August 2016 18 August 2016
MS -3277 MS -3276 MS -3275 MS -3274 MS -3273 MS -3272 MS -3271 MS -3270 MS -3269 MS -3268 MS -3267 MS -3266 MS -3265 MS -3264 MS -3263 MS -3262 MS -3261 MS -3260 MS -3259 MS -3258 MS -3257 MS -3256 MS -3255 MS -3254 MS -3253 MS -3252 MS -3251 MS -3250 MS -3249 MD -3378 MD -3377 MD -3376 MD -3375 MD -3374 MD -3373 MD -3372 MD -3371 MD -3370 MD -3369 MD -3368 MD -3367 MD -3366 MD -3365 MD -3364 MD -3363 MD -3362 MD -3361 MD -3360 MD -3359 MD -3358 MD -3357 MD -3356 MD -3355 MD -3354 MD -3353 MD -3352 MD -3351 MD -3350 MD -3349