Constellations
Tucana (Tuc)
The Toucan
Also known as toucan.
6 looks for Tucana
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Tucana
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Toucan
- IAU abbreviation
- Tuc
- Its stars are named
- Tucanae (as in "Alpha Tucanae")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in October
- Centre
- Right ascension 23h 28m, declination −63° 25′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 6 lines
- Brightest star
- α Tuc, magnitude 2.86
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Tucmag 2.86
- β1 Tucmag 3.70
- γ Tucmag 3.99
- ζ Tucmag 4.23
- δ Tucmag 4.48
- ε Tucmag 4.50
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation