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 742→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27
1 Tucana 742 2 Tucana 742 3 Tucana 742 4 Tucana 742 5 Tucana 742 6 Tucana 742 7 Tucana 742 8 Tucana 742 9 Tucana 742 10 Tucana 742 11 Tucana 742 12 Tucana 742 13 Tucana 742 14 Tucana 742 15 Tucana 742 16 Tucana 742 17 Tucana 742 18 Tucana 742 19 Tucana 742 20 Tucana 742 21 Tucana 742 22 Tucana 742 23 Tucana 742 24 Tucana 742 25 Tucana 742 26 Tucana 742 27 Tucana 742 1 Phoenix 743 17 January 3008 18 January 3008 19 January 3008 20 January 3008 21 January 3008 22 January 3008 23 January 3008 24 January 3008 25 January 3008 26 January 3008 27 January 3008 28 January 3008 29 January 3008 30 January 3008 31 January 3008 1 February 3008 2 February 3008 3 February 3008 4 February 3008 5 February 3008 6 February 3008 7 February 3008 8 February 3008 9 February 3008 10 February 3008 11 February 3008 12 February 3008 13 February 3008 14 February 3008
MS 349071 MS 349072 MS 349073 MS 349074 MS 349075 MS 349076 MS 349077 MS 349078 MS 349079 MS 349080 MS 349081 MS 349082 MS 349083 MS 349084 MS 349085 MS 349086 MS 349087 MS 349088 MS 349089 MS 349090 MS 349091 MS 349092 MS 349093 MS 349094 MS 349095 MS 349096 MS 349097 MS 349098 MD 358757 MD 358758 MD 358759 MD 358760 MD 358761 MD 358762 MD 358763 MD 358764 MD 358765 MD 358766 MD 358767 MD 358768 MD 358769 MD 358770 MD 358771 MD 358772 MD 358773 MD 358774 MD 358775 MD 358776 MD 358777 MD 358778 MD 358779 MD 358780 MD 358781 MD 358782 MD 358783 MD 358784 MD 358785