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 877→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Tucana 877 2 Tucana 877 3 Tucana 877 4 Tucana 877 5 Tucana 877 6 Tucana 877 7 Tucana 877 8 Tucana 877 9 Tucana 877 10 Tucana 877 11 Tucana 877 12 Tucana 877 13 Tucana 877 14 Tucana 877 15 Tucana 877 16 Tucana 877 17 Tucana 877 18 Tucana 877 19 Tucana 877 20 Tucana 877 21 Tucana 877 22 Tucana 877 23 Tucana 877 24 Tucana 877 25 Tucana 877 26 Tucana 877 27 Tucana 877 28 Tucana 877 1 Phoenix 878 11 January 3262 12 January 3262 13 January 3262 14 January 3262 15 January 3262 16 January 3262 17 January 3262 18 January 3262 19 January 3262 20 January 3262 21 January 3262 22 January 3262 23 January 3262 24 January 3262 25 January 3262 26 January 3262 27 January 3262 28 January 3262 29 January 3262 30 January 3262 31 January 3262 1 February 3262 2 February 3262 3 February 3262 4 February 3262 5 February 3262 6 February 3262 7 February 3262 8 February 3262
MS 439330 MS 439331 MS 439332 MS 439333 MS 439334 MS 439335 MS 439336 MS 439337 MS 439338 MS 439339 MS 439340 MS 439341 MS 439342 MS 439343 MS 439344 MS 439345 MS 439346 MS 439347 MS 439348 MS 439349 MS 439350 MS 439351 MS 439352 MS 439353 MS 439354 MS 439355 MS 439356 MS 439357 MS 439358 MD 451524 MD 451525 MD 451526 MD 451527 MD 451528 MD 451529 MD 451530 MD 451531 MD 451532 MD 451533 MD 451534 MD 451535 MD 451536 MD 451537 MD 451538 MD 451539 MD 451540 MD 451541 MD 451542 MD 451543 MD 451544 MD 451545 MD 451546 MD 451547 MD 451548 MD 451549 MD 451550 MD 451551 MD 451552