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 624→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627
1 Tucana 624 2 Tucana 624 3 Tucana 624 4 Tucana 624 5 Tucana 624 6 Tucana 624 7 Tucana 624 8 Tucana 624 9 Tucana 624 10 Tucana 624 11 Tucana 624 12 Tucana 624 13 Tucana 624 14 Tucana 624 15 Tucana 624 16 Tucana 624 17 Tucana 624 18 Tucana 624 19 Tucana 624 20 Tucana 624 21 Tucana 624 22 Tucana 624 23 Tucana 624 24 Tucana 624 25 Tucana 624 26 Tucana 624 27 Tucana 624 1 Phoenix 625 15 January 2786 16 January 2786 17 January 2786 18 January 2786 19 January 2786 20 January 2786 21 January 2786 22 January 2786 23 January 2786 24 January 2786 25 January 2786 26 January 2786 27 January 2786 28 January 2786 29 January 2786 30 January 2786 31 January 2786 1 February 2786 2 February 2786 3 February 2786 4 February 2786 5 February 2786 6 February 2786 7 February 2786 8 February 2786 9 February 2786 10 February 2786 11 February 2786 12 February 2786
MS 270177 MS 270178 MS 270179 MS 270180 MS 270181 MS 270182 MS 270183 MS 270184 MS 270185 MS 270186 MS 270187 MS 270188 MS 270189 MS 270190 MS 270191 MS 270192 MS 270193 MS 270194 MS 270195 MS 270196 MS 270197 MS 270198 MS 270199 MS 270200 MS 270201 MS 270202 MS 270203 MS 270204 MD 277672 MD 277673 MD 277674 MD 277675 MD 277676 MD 277677 MD 277678 MD 277679 MD 277680 MD 277681 MD 277682 MD 277683 MD 277684 MD 277685 MD 277686 MD 277687 MD 277688 MD 277689 MD 277690 MD 277691 MD 277692 MD 277693 MD 277694 MD 277695 MD 277696 MD 277697 MD 277698 MD 277699 MD 277700