Star profile
Zeta Tucanae
Nearby starWhat is Zeta Tucanae
Zeta Tucanae lies just 28 light-years away, one of the most Sun-like single stars within our telescopes' reach in the entire southern hemisphere. Should humanity ever search for a home like our own, this point in the southern Toucan will appear on any reasonable short list of candidates. Yellow, calm, almost ordinary light, arriving from a distance a photon crosses in less than a cosmic sigh.
Where it is and when to see it
Zeta 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 59° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 25° N.
It ranks no. 3 in brightness among the 28 stars of Tucana in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Tucanae, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 28 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Zeta Tucanae
- Constellation
- Tucana
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.23
- Distance
- 28.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 5.012° · Dec -64.875°
- Catalogue
- HIP 1599 · HD 1581
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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
- Kappa Tucanae4.25
- Beta 1 Tucanae4.36
- Epsilon Tucanae4.49
- Delta Tucanae4.51
- Beta 2 Tucanae4.53
- Nu Tucanae4.91