Tucana

Tucana
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Abbreviation	Tuc
Genitive	Tucanae
Symbology	the Toucan
Right ascension	0 h
Declination	−65°
Area	295 sq. deg. Ranked 45th
Number of stars (magnitude < 3)	1
Brightest star	α Tucanae (App. magnitude 2.87)
Meteor showers	????
Bordering constellations	Grus Indus Octans Hydra Phoenix
Visible at latitudes between +25° and −90° Best visible during the month of November

Tucana (Latin for Toucan) is a southern constellation. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

At its southern end lies the Small Magellanic Cloud. The globular cluster 47 Tucanae is also located within its boundaries.

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Mythology

Since it was invented in the 17th century, there is no earlier mythology associated with it.

Stars

Stars with Bayer designations:

α Tuc 2.87; β¹ Tuc 4.36; β² Tuc 4.53; β³ Tuc 5.07; γ Tuc 3.99; δ Tuc 4.51; ε Tuc 4.49; ζ Tuc 4.23 – nearby; θ Tuc 6.11; η Tuc 5.00; ι Tuc 5.36; κ Tuc 4.25; λ¹ Tuc 6.67; λ² Tuc 5.45; ν Tuc 4.91; ξ Tuc 11.21; π Tuc 5.50; ρ Tuc 5.38

Stars with Flamsteed designations:

47 Tuc (NGC 104) – actually a globular cluster

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See also: Tucana, 1595, 1597, 1603, 47 Tucanae