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 725→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Tucana 725 2 Tucana 725 3 Tucana 725 4 Tucana 725 5 Tucana 725 6 Tucana 725 7 Tucana 725 8 Tucana 725 9 Tucana 725 10 Tucana 725 11 Tucana 725 12 Tucana 725 13 Tucana 725 14 Tucana 725 15 Tucana 725 16 Tucana 725 17 Tucana 725 18 Tucana 725 19 Tucana 725 20 Tucana 725 21 Tucana 725 22 Tucana 725 23 Tucana 725 24 Tucana 725 25 Tucana 725 26 Tucana 725 27 Tucana 725 28 Tucana 725 1 Phoenix 726 22 January 2976 23 January 2976 24 January 2976 25 January 2976 26 January 2976 27 January 2976 28 January 2976 29 January 2976 30 January 2976 31 January 2976 1 February 2976 2 February 2976 3 February 2976 4 February 2976 5 February 2976 6 February 2976 7 February 2976 8 February 2976 9 February 2976 10 February 2976 11 February 2976 12 February 2976 13 February 2976 14 February 2976 15 February 2976 16 February 2976 17 February 2976 18 February 2976 19 February 2976
MS 337704 MS 337705 MS 337706 MS 337707 MS 337708 MS 337709 MS 337710 MS 337711 MS 337712 MS 337713 MS 337714 MS 337715 MS 337716 MS 337717 MS 337718 MS 337719 MS 337720 MS 337721 MS 337722 MS 337723 MS 337724 MS 337725 MS 337726 MS 337727 MS 337728 MS 337729 MS 337730 MS 337731 MS 337732 MD 347075 MD 347076 MD 347077 MD 347078 MD 347079 MD 347080 MD 347081 MD 347082 MD 347083 MD 347084 MD 347085 MD 347086 MD 347087 MD 347088 MD 347089 MD 347090 MD 347091 MD 347092 MD 347093 MD 347094 MD 347095 MD 347096 MD 347097 MD 347098 MD 347099 MD 347100 MD 347101 MD 347102 MD 347103