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 331→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Tucana 331 2 Tucana 331 3 Tucana 331 4 Tucana 331 5 Tucana 331 6 Tucana 331 7 Tucana 331 8 Tucana 331 9 Tucana 331 10 Tucana 331 11 Tucana 331 12 Tucana 331 13 Tucana 331 14 Tucana 331 15 Tucana 331 16 Tucana 331 17 Tucana 331 18 Tucana 331 19 Tucana 331 20 Tucana 331 21 Tucana 331 22 Tucana 331 23 Tucana 331 24 Tucana 331 25 Tucana 331 26 Tucana 331 27 Tucana 331 28 Tucana 331 1 Phoenix 332 17 October 2234 18 October 2234 19 October 2234 20 October 2234 21 October 2234 22 October 2234 23 October 2234 24 October 2234 25 October 2234 26 October 2234 27 October 2234 28 October 2234 29 October 2234 30 October 2234 31 October 2234 1 November 2234 2 November 2234 3 November 2234 4 November 2234 5 November 2234 6 November 2234 7 November 2234 8 November 2234 9 November 2234 10 November 2234 11 November 2234 12 November 2234 13 November 2234 14 November 2234 15 November 2234
MS 74280 MS 74281 MS 74282 MS 74283 MS 74284 MS 74285 MS 74286 MS 74287 MS 74288 MS 74289 MS 74290 MS 74291 MS 74292 MS 74293 MS 74294 MS 74295 MS 74296 MS 74297 MS 74298 MS 74299 MS 74300 MS 74301 MS 74302 MS 74303 MS 74304 MS 74305 MS 74306 MS 74307 MS 74308 MD 76333 MD 76334 MD 76335 MD 76336 MD 76337 MD 76338 MD 76339 MD 76340 MD 76341 MD 76342 MD 76343 MD 76344 MD 76345 MD 76346 MD 76347 MD 76348 MD 76349 MD 76350 MD 76351 MD 76352 MD 76353 MD 76354 MD 76355 MD 76356 MD 76357 MD 76358 MD 76359 MD 76360 MD 76361 MD 76362