Tucana
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Tucana is a constellation in the southern sky, named after the toucan, a South American bird. It is one of twelve constellations conceived in the late sixteenth century by Petrus Plancius from the obs
The "southern birds" as seen in Johann Bayer's Uranometria. Tucana (as "Toucan") is in the middle.
The constellation of Tucana, the toucan, as it can be seen by the naked eye
Sidekick or star of the show?
Most of the Small Magellanic Cloud lies within Tucana.
Phoenix (constellation)
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Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky. Named after the mythical phoenix, it was first depicted on a celestial atlas by Johann Bayer in his 1603 Uranometria. The French explorer and astr
Tucana
…Uranometria of 1603. French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille gave its stars Bayer designations in 1756. The constellations Tucana, Grus, Phoenix and Pavo are collectively known as the "Southern Birds". Tucana is not a prominent constellation as all of its stars are third magnitude or fainter…
The constellation Phoenix as depicted in Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis, ca. 1742
The constellation Phoenix as it can be seen by the naked eye