Tucana - Revision history

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	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]].

	The original Dutch name of the constellation of the bird that is now called "Toucan" (Tucana, Tuc) was "den Indiaenschen Exster, op Indies Lang ghenaemt" (the Indian Magpie, known as "Lang" in the Indies). The constellation was invented by Pieter Dircksz Keyser and Frederik de Houtman on their journey to Indonesia in 1595/6.		The original Dutch name of the constellation of the bird that is now called "Toucan" (Tucana, Tuc) was "den Indiaenschen Exster, op Indies Lang ghenaemt" (the Indian Magpie, known as "Lang" in the Indies).<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref> The brightest star of the constellation is now named [[Lang-Exster]]. The constellation was invented by Pieter Dircksz Keyser and Frederik de Houtman on their journey to Indonesia in 1595/6.

	== Invention & Transformation ==		== Invention & Transformation ==

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	[[File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|alt=bird labelled "Toucan" on Plancius's Globe\|thumb\|First depiction of Toucan on the Hondius/Plancius globe of 1598.]]		[[File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|alt=bird labelled "Toucan" on Plancius's Globe\|thumb\|First depiction of Toucan on the Hondius/Plancius globe of 1598.]]
	[[File:Exster (name in first publication).jpg\|alt=section of de Houtman's star catalogue (1603) with the headline "Exster"\|thumb\|The name "Indiaenschen Exster" ["Indian Magpie"] was given to the constellation by de Houtman (1603) in the first printed catalogue of the southernmost stars.]]		[[File:Exster (name in first publication).jpg\|alt=section of de Houtman's star catalogue (1603) with the headline "Exster"\|thumb\|The name "Indiaenschen Exster" ["Indian Magpie"] was given to the constellation by de Houtman (1603) in the first printed catalogue of the southernmost stars.]]

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Image Gallery

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	File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|Plancius' Toucan (1598)		File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|Plancius' Toucan (1598)
			File:Blaeu1602 Tuc.JPG\|Tucana on Blaeu's first globe (1602) that is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598). [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]
			File:Tucana blaeu 1603.jpg\|On Blaeu's 1603 globe the bird is named "Pica Indica ab Indis Lang", and is drawn as a hornbill, not a toucan.
	File:Tuc Bayer.png\|Bayer's Toucan (1603)		File:Tuc Bayer.png\|Bayer's Toucan (1603)
	~~File:Tucana blaeu 1603.jpg\|On Blaeu's 1603 globe the bird is named "Pica Indica ab Indis Lang", and is drawn as a hornbill, not a toucan.~~
	File:Lang-Exster mystery star map south.jpg\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on an anonymous planisphere of the southern sky in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library ([https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/celestia/puzzlingstarmaps.htm more information]).		File:Lang-Exster mystery star map south.jpg\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on an anonymous planisphere of the southern sky in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library ([https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/celestia/puzzlingstarmaps.htm more information]).
	File:Lang onGlobeByMelchiorTevenier highlighted.JPG\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on Melchior Tavernier's celestial planisphere of the southern sky dated 1628 ([https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8490787w/f2.item# Gallica]).		File:Lang onGlobeByMelchiorTevenier highlighted.JPG\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on Melchior Tavernier's celestial planisphere of the southern sky dated 1628 ([https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8490787w/f2.item# Gallica]).
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	File:Tuc Fortin1795.jpg\|Tucana in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).		File:Tuc Fortin1795.jpg\|Tucana in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
	File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow		File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow
	File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)		File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)
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Image Gallery

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	File:Toucan doppelmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's Toucan (1742)		File:Toucan doppelmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's Toucan (1742)
	File:Toucan Lacaille Goldbach.jpg\|Lacaille's Toucan (1756)		File:Toucan Lacaille Goldbach.jpg\|Lacaille's Toucan (1756)
	File:Toucan Bode1772.jpg\|Bode's Toucan (~~1772~~)		File:Toucan Bode1772.jpg\|Bode's Toucan (1782)
	File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (~~1775~~-1795)		File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (1776-1795)
			File:Tuc Fortin1795.jpg\|Tucana in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
	File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow		File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow
	File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)		File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)
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IanRidpath: Caps for Alpha, Beta

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Caps for Alpha, Beta

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	== IAU WGSN - Modern Star Name==		== IAU WGSN - Modern Star Name==
	"Exster" or "Lang" were proposed as a name for the main star of the modern IAU-constellation of Tucana (alf Tuc) in 2023. Variants could be using one name for ~~alpha~~, the other for ~~beta~~ Tuc. There were concerns from the American and European members of WGSN that a Dutch (European) term might possibly be interpreted offending for the native population due to colonialism, but our Indonesian colleagues rejected this concern. As our studies suggest that "Lang" was probably an indigenous name for the bird (in one the many Malaysian dialects) that was taken over by the Europeans in the 17th century, we suggest a double name "Lang-Exster" for the star ~~alpha~~ Tucanae (α Tuc), a spectroscopic binary with an integrated Vmag of 2.82 ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=alf+Tuc&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD]). This will in any case respect and preserve the heritage of both, the indigenous Indonesian/ Malayan culture and the European Golden Age of Cartography in the 17th century.		"Exster" or "Lang" were proposed as a name for the main star of the modern IAU-constellation of Tucana (alf Tuc) in 2023. Variants could be using one name for Alpha, the other for Beta Tuc. There were concerns from the American and European members of WGSN that a Dutch (European) term might possibly be interpreted offending for the native population due to colonialism, but our Indonesian colleagues rejected this concern. As our studies suggest that "Lang" was probably an indigenous name for the bird (in one the many Malaysian dialects) that was taken over by the Europeans in the 17th century, we suggest a double name "Lang-Exster" for the star Alpha Tucanae (α Tuc), a spectroscopic binary with an integrated Vmag of 2.82 ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=alf+Tuc&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD]). This will in any case respect and preserve the heritage of both, the indigenous Indonesian/ Malayan culture and the European Golden Age of Cartography in the 17th century.

	WGSN thanks Youla Azkarrula (from Bali, Indonesia) for valuable contributions to this topic.		WGSN thanks Youla Azkarrula (from Bali, Indonesia) for valuable contributions to this topic.

RobvGent: accent

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accent

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	File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (1775-1795)		File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (1775-1795)
	File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow		File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow
	File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at Planisferio celeste (Carlos ~~Simon~~ 1894)		File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)
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	File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (1775-1795)		File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (1775-1795)
	File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow		File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow
			File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at Planisferio celeste (Carlos Simon 1894)
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IAU WGSN - Modern Star Name

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	== IAU WGSN - Modern Star Name==		== IAU WGSN - Modern Star Name==
	"Exster" or "Lang" were proposed as a name for the main star of the modern IAU-constellation of Tucana (alf Tuc) in 2023. Variants could be using one name for alpha, the other for beta Tuc. There were concerns from the American and European members of WGSN that a Dutch (European) term might possibly be interpreted offending for the native population due to colonialism, but our Indonesian colleagues rejected this concern. As our studies suggest that "Lang" was probably an indigenous name for the bird (in one the many Malaysian dialects) that was taken over by the Europeans in the 17th century, we suggest a double name "Lang-Exster" for the star alpha Tucanae (α Tuc), a spectroscopic binary with an integrated Vmag of 2.82 ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=alf+Tuc&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD]). This will in any case respect and preserve the heritage of both, the indigenous Indonesian/ Malayan culture and the European Golden Age of Cartography in the 17th century.		"Exster" or "Lang" were proposed as a name for the main star of the modern IAU-constellation of Tucana (alf Tuc) in 2023. Variants could be using one name for alpha, the other for beta Tuc. There were concerns from the American and European members of WGSN that a Dutch (European) term might possibly be interpreted offending for the native population due to colonialism, but our Indonesian colleagues rejected this concern. As our studies suggest that "Lang" was probably an indigenous name for the bird (in one the many Malaysian dialects) that was taken over by the Europeans in the 17th century, we suggest a double name "Lang-Exster" for the star alpha Tucanae (α Tuc), a spectroscopic binary with an integrated Vmag of 2.82 ([https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=alf+Tuc&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id SIMBAD]). This will in any case respect and preserve the heritage of both, the indigenous Indonesian/ Malayan culture and the European Golden Age of Cartography in the 17th century.

			WGSN thanks Youla Azkarrula (from Bali, Indonesia) for valuable contributions to this topic.

	==References==		==References==

Sushoff at 21:19, 12 September 2024

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	== Versions in early modern celestial maps ==		== Versions in early modern celestial maps ==

	=== Lang ===		=== Usage of "Lang" ===
	During the first half of the 17th century the alternative name 'Lang'<ref>Not to be confused with the modern Dutch word for the adjective "long". In late 16th- and 17th-century Dutch sources this was commonly written as "lanck" or 'langh".</ref> was also used on Dutch and French celestial globes and maps.		During the first half of the 17th century the alternative name 'Lang'<ref>Not to be confused with the modern Dutch word for the adjective "long". In late 16th- and 17th-century Dutch sources this was commonly written as "lanck" or 'langh".</ref> was also used on Dutch and French celestial globes and maps.

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	After ''c.'' 1650 the name Lang does not seem to be used anymore on celestial globes and maps.		After ''c.'' 1650 the name Lang does not seem to be used anymore on celestial globes and maps.

	=== Image ~~Galery~~ ===		=== Image Gallery ===
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	File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|Plancius' Toucan (1598)		File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|Plancius' Toucan (1598)

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 Before the publication of his star catalogue, de Houtman had shared the data from the first voyage (1595/6) with Petrus Plancius who had actually commissioned this work. Plancius used the data collected by Pieter Dircksz Keyser on the exploration "Eerste Schipvaart" ('de eerste schipvaart op Oost-Indie'); De Houtman may have assisted in making these observations, and as Keyser was buried on the island of Java, de Houtman may also have been the person who personally communicated Keyser’s data to Plancius in 1597, but this is nowhere explicitly stated, it is just assumed because Plancius had worked with this material, and his [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/plancius-globe.html celestial globe of 1598] already displayed paintings of the newly invented constellations in the south. The images had the labels "Indian" and "Toucan" left and right of the bird, while the left label ("Indian") also referred to the male figure northwest of it. Petrus Plancius' work and/or its copies by W. J. Blaeu served as source for Bayer's ''Uranometria'' (1603). Bayer's map of the south pole also displays the image with the label "Toucan" and an extraordinarily long beak.
 == Species of this bird ==
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 Toucans are not home to the East Indies and Malaysia. [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/tucana.html Ridpath] suggests that the inventor of this constellation was actually Pieter Keyser who had not survived the expedition to the East Indies but had previously visited South America. Hoffmann (2021, 108) considers an image or sculpture of the bird enough to confuse naming. Thus, Plancius and de Houtman would also be possible inventors because baroque ‘wunderkamers’ could certainly have played a mediating role here. Rob van Gent adds that it is not necessary that Keyser, de Houtman or Plancius actually saw a living (or dead) toucan as they are bound to descriptions and depictions of the bird in 16th-century travel literature: in particular Plancius would surely have been familiar with these.
 With the above mentioned facts on the significance of hornbills in the Indonesian Dayak culture, it appears even more likely that de Houtman (with or without Keyser) named the constellation of the "Indiaenische Exster" (in Dutch) after the hornbill. This is supported by the label "ab Indis Lang" on the globe by Blaeu (1603), in a time when de Houtman worked for Blaeu. As the biological differences between hornbills and toucans were likely unknown, the name of the constellation might simply be a confusion caused by the lack of biological knowledge.
 == Versions in early modern celestial maps ==
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 File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg|Plancius' Toucan (1598)

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	File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|Plancius' Toucan (1598)		File:Toucan plancius1598.jpg\|Plancius' Toucan (1598)
			File:Blaeu1602 Tuc.JPG\|Tucana on Blaeu's first globe (1602) that is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598). [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]
			File:Tucana blaeu 1603.jpg\|On Blaeu's 1603 globe the bird is named "Pica Indica ab Indis Lang", and is drawn as a hornbill, not a toucan.
	File:Tuc Bayer.png\|Bayer's Toucan (1603)		File:Tuc Bayer.png\|Bayer's Toucan (1603)
	~~File:Tucana blaeu 1603.jpg\|On Blaeu's 1603 globe the bird is named "Pica Indica ab Indis Lang", and is drawn as a hornbill, not a toucan.~~
	File:Lang-Exster mystery star map south.jpg\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on an anonymous planisphere of the southern sky in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library ([https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/celestia/puzzlingstarmaps.htm more information]).		File:Lang-Exster mystery star map south.jpg\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on an anonymous planisphere of the southern sky in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection of the Leiden University Library ([https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/celestia/puzzlingstarmaps.htm more information]).
	File:Lang onGlobeByMelchiorTevenier highlighted.JPG\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on Melchior Tavernier's celestial planisphere of the southern sky dated 1628 ([https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8490787w/f2.item# Gallica]).		File:Lang onGlobeByMelchiorTevenier highlighted.JPG\|Tucana labelled "Lang" on Melchior Tavernier's celestial planisphere of the southern sky dated 1628 ([https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8490787w/f2.item# Gallica]).
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	File:Tuc Fortin1795.jpg\|Tucana in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).		File:Tuc Fortin1795.jpg\|Tucana in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
	File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow		File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow
	File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)		File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)
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	File:Toucan doppelmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's Toucan (1742)		File:Toucan doppelmayr1742.jpg\|Doppelmayr's Toucan (1742)
	File:Toucan Lacaille Goldbach.jpg\|Lacaille's Toucan (1756)		File:Toucan Lacaille Goldbach.jpg\|Lacaille's Toucan (1756)
	File:Toucan Bode1772.jpg\|Bode's Toucan (~~1772~~)		File:Toucan Bode1772.jpg\|Bode's Toucan (1782)
	File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (~~1775~~-1795)		File:Toucan Fortin1775-1795.jpg\|Fortin's Toucan (1776-1795)
			File:Tuc Fortin1795.jpg\|Tucana in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
	File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow		File:Toucan Goldbach1799.jpg\|Goldbach's Toucan (1799) looks like a sparrow
	File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)		File:Simon Tucana 1894.jpg\|Tucana at ''Planisferio celeste'' (Carlos Simón 1894)
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