Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5046.&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5046. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Stars, Constellations And Asterisms
Scientific paper
(the Peacock; abbrev. Pav, gen. Pavonis; area 378 sq. deg.) A southern constellation which lies between Telescopium and Octans, and culminates at midnight in mid-July. It was first shown on Petrus Plancius' celestial globe of c. 1598, though it is usually attributed to the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (also known as Petrus Theodorus) and Frederick de Houtman, who charted that part of ...
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