Tucana

Overview

Tucana (Tucanae) — The Toucan is one of the 88 modern constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union.

Highlights

• ★The Small Magellanic Cloud
• ★The globular cluster 47 Tucanae

Notable stars

19 catalogued stars in this encyclopedia.

• Alpha Tucanaemag 2.87
• Gamma Tucanaemag 3.99
• Zeta Tucanaemag 4.23
• Kappa Tucanaemag 4.25
• HR 126mag 4.36
• Epsilon Tucanaemag 4.49
• Delta Tucanaemag 4.51
• HR 127mag 4.53
• Nu Tucanaemag 4.91
• Eta Tucanaemag 5
• HR 136mag 5.07
• HR 8531mag 5.31

Deep-sky objects

• Small Magellanic Cloud
• 47 Tuc Cluster
• NGC 362
• NGC 330

Knowledge connections

• Constellation ofAlpha Tucanae
• Constellation ofGamma Tucanae
• Constellation ofZeta Tucanae
• Constellation ofKappa Tucanae
• Constellation ofHR 126
• Constellation ofEpsilon Tucanae
• Constellation ofDelta Tucanae
• Constellation ofHR 127
• Constellation ofNu Tucanae
• Constellation ofEta Tucanae
• Constellation ofHR 136
• Constellation ofHR 8531
• Constellation ofIota Tucanae
• Constellation ofRho Tucanae
• Constellation ofHR 270
• Constellation ofPi Tucanae
• Constellation ofPoerava
• Constellation ofEmiw
• Constellation ofDanfeng
• Contains object47 Tuc Cluster
• Contains objectNGC 362
• Contains objectNGC 330
• Belongs to familyBayer Family

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• IAUInternational Astronomical Union

  Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.