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 844→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627
1 Tucana 844 2 Tucana 844 3 Tucana 844 4 Tucana 844 5 Tucana 844 6 Tucana 844 7 Tucana 844 8 Tucana 844 9 Tucana 844 10 Tucana 844 11 Tucana 844 12 Tucana 844 13 Tucana 844 14 Tucana 844 15 Tucana 844 16 Tucana 844 17 Tucana 844 18 Tucana 844 19 Tucana 844 20 Tucana 844 21 Tucana 844 22 Tucana 844 23 Tucana 844 24 Tucana 844 25 Tucana 844 26 Tucana 844 27 Tucana 844 1 Phoenix 845 12 December 3199 13 December 3199 14 December 3199 15 December 3199 16 December 3199 17 December 3199 18 December 3199 19 December 3199 20 December 3199 21 December 3199 22 December 3199 23 December 3199 24 December 3199 25 December 3199 26 December 3199 27 December 3199 28 December 3199 29 December 3199 30 December 3199 31 December 3199 1 January 3200 2 January 3200 3 January 3200 4 January 3200 5 January 3200 6 January 3200 7 January 3200 8 January 3200 9 January 3200
MS 417267 MS 417268 MS 417269 MS 417270 MS 417271 MS 417272 MS 417273 MS 417274 MS 417275 MS 417276 MS 417277 MS 417278 MS 417279 MS 417280 MS 417281 MS 417282 MS 417283 MS 417284 MS 417285 MS 417286 MS 417287 MS 417288 MS 417289 MS 417290 MS 417291 MS 417292 MS 417293 MS 417294 MD 428848 MD 428849 MD 428850 MD 428851 MD 428852 MD 428853 MD 428854 MD 428855 MD 428856 MD 428857 MD 428858 MD 428859 MD 428860 MD 428861 MD 428862 MD 428863 MD 428864 MD 428865 MD 428866 MD 428867 MD 428868 MD 428869 MD 428870 MD 428871 MD 428872 MD 428873 MD 428874 MD 428875 MD 428876