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α Tucanae (alpha Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -21.61°   Az: 180.53°   Direction: South

α Tucanae is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Tucana.

α Tucanae visual magnitude is 2.86. Because of its brightness, α Tucanae is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of α Tucanae (alpha Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of α Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of α Tucanae during the next 10000 years (-12.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 20m 13s
-60° 07’ 54”
00h 03m 58s
22h 24m 12s

J2000

22h 18m 30s
-60° 15’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

330.22°
-47.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Tucanae (alpha Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.86
Giant

-1.06
K3III
3967K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where α Tucanae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of α Tucanae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Tucanae is distant 198.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

60.90
198.54
42 km/s
-0.072 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

α Tucanae
(alpha Tucanae)
SAO255193
SAO255193

Visibility from Your Location

α Tucanae (alpha Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK