The Tucana constellation
Tuc · Catalogue stars: 10
Why this name?
A toucan is a tropical bird with a large beak. Its figure reached the sky alongside other animals familiar to Europeans from accounts of distant countries.
A little history
The constellation appeared on European globes in the late sixteenth century and in Bayer’s Uranometria of 1603. It belongs to the new southern celestial cartography of the age of sea expeditions.
Data
- IAU code
- Tuc
- Catalogue stars
- 10
- Messier objects
- 0
- Brightest star
- HIP 110130 · 2.9ᵐ
Stars (HIP)
- HIP 110130 · 2.9ᵐ · K3III
- HIP 114996 · 4.0ᵐ · F1III
- HIP 1599 · 4.2ᵐ · F9V
- HIP 5896 · 4.3ᵐ · F6IV
- HIP 2484 · 4.4ᵐ · B9V
- HIP 118322 · 4.5ᵐ · B9IV
- HIP 110838 · 4.5ᵐ · B8V
- HIP 2487 · 4.5ᵐ · A2V
- HIP 111310 · 4.9ᵐ · M4III
- HIP 118121 · 5.0ᵐ · A1V
Altitude above the horizon by latitude
| Latitude | Maximum altitude | Rise azimuth |
|---|---|---|
| +60° | never rises | — |
| +55° | never rises | — |
| +45° | never rises | — |
| +30° | never rises | — |
| 0° | 26° | 154° |
| −35° | 61° · never sets | — |
Geometric altitude at upper culmination, atmospheric refraction not included. Positive latitudes are in the northern hemisphere.
Culmination time by month
| Month | Culmination |
|---|---|
| January | 15:58 |
| February | 13:51 |
| March | 12:05 |
| April | 10:12 |
| May | 08:18 |
| June | 06:11 |
| July | 04:08 |
| August | 02:07 |
| September | 00:13 |
| October | 22:25 |
| November | 20:24 |
| December | 18:15 |
Upper culmination in local solar time — no time-zone or daylight-saving correction applied.
Neighbouring constellations
In brief
Which is the brightest star in Tucana?
HIP 110130 — 2.9ᵐ.