Star profile
Epsilon Tucanae
Hot blue starWhat is Epsilon Tucanae
Epsilon Tucanae is a blue B-type star, hot and fast, about 373 light-years away in the southern Toucan. Its atmosphere, above 12,000 degrees, emits an intense blue-white light that sets it apart from the more orange suns of the region. The constellation itself was sketched by Dutch navigators in the sixteenth century while charting the skies of the Cape of Good Hope for the first time, and Epsilon is one of the pieces that quietly but firmly outlines the tropical bird's body.
Where it is and when to see it
Epsilon Tucanae lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Epsilon Tucanae
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.49
- Distance
- 373.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 359.979° · Dec -65.577°
- Catalogue
- HIP 118322 · HD 224686
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Other stars in Tucana
Tucana has 28 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Tucanae2.87
- Gamma Tucanae3.99
- Zeta Tucanae4.23
- Kappa Tucanae4.25
- Beta 1 Tucanae4.36
- Delta Tucanae4.51
- Beta 2 Tucanae4.53
- Nu Tucanae4.91