Constellation
The constellation Tucana
Tuc
Tucana gathers 28 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Tucanae, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around September.
Tucana in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 28
- Brightest star
- Alpha Tucanae
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- September
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Zeta Tucanae
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.87
Declination from -71° to -57°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
28 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Tucana
The 28 stars of Tucana catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Tucanae2.87
- Gamma Tucanae3.99
- Zeta Tucanae4.23
- Kappa Tucanae4.25
- Beta 1 Tucanae4.36
- Epsilon Tucanae4.49
- Delta Tucanae4.51
- Beta 2 Tucanae4.53
- Nu Tucanae4.91
- Eta Tucanae5.00
- Beta 3 Tucanae5.07
- HIP 1106495.31
- Iota Tucanae5.36
- Rho Tucanae5.38
- Lambda 2 Tucanae5.45
- Pi Tucanae5.50
- HIP 3775.59
- HIP 1156205.60
- HIP 1157695.63
- HIP 1149485.64
- HIP 1159085.66
- HIP 1170885.73
- HIP 42005.73
- HIP 31705.89
- HIP 1180925.95
- HIP 1119675.98
- HIP 33525.99
- HYG 1179966.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.