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 857→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Tucana 857 2 Tucana 857 3 Tucana 857 4 Tucana 857 5 Tucana 857 6 Tucana 857 7 Tucana 857 8 Tucana 857 9 Tucana 857 10 Tucana 857 11 Tucana 857 12 Tucana 857 13 Tucana 857 14 Tucana 857 15 Tucana 857 16 Tucana 857 17 Tucana 857 18 Tucana 857 19 Tucana 857 20 Tucana 857 21 Tucana 857 22 Tucana 857 23 Tucana 857 24 Tucana 857 25 Tucana 857 26 Tucana 857 27 Tucana 857 28 Tucana 857 1 Phoenix 858 26 May 3224 27 May 3224 28 May 3224 29 May 3224 30 May 3224 31 May 3224 1 June 3224 2 June 3224 3 June 3224 4 June 3224 5 June 3224 6 June 3224 7 June 3224 8 June 3224 9 June 3224 10 June 3224 11 June 3224 12 June 3224 13 June 3224 14 June 3224 15 June 3224 16 June 3224 17 June 3224 18 June 3224 19 June 3224 20 June 3224 21 June 3224 22 June 3224 23 June 3224 24 June 3224
MS 425958 MS 425959 MS 425960 MS 425961 MS 425962 MS 425963 MS 425964 MS 425965 MS 425966 MS 425967 MS 425968 MS 425969 MS 425970 MS 425971 MS 425972 MS 425973 MS 425974 MS 425975 MS 425976 MS 425977 MS 425978 MS 425979 MS 425980 MS 425981 MS 425982 MS 425983 MS 425984 MS 425985 MS 425986 MD 437780 MD 437781 MD 437782 MD 437783 MD 437784 MD 437785 MD 437786 MD 437787 MD 437788 MD 437789 MD 437790 MD 437791 MD 437792 MD 437793 MD 437794 MD 437795 MD 437796 MD 437797 MD 437798 MD 437799 MD 437800 MD 437801 MD 437802 MD 437803 MD 437804 MD 437805 MD 437806 MD 437807 MD 437808 MD 437809