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ε Tucanae (epsilon Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.68°   Az: 140.44°   Direction: South-East

ε Tucanae is a sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Tucana.

ε Tucanae visual magnitude is 4.5. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Tucanae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ε Tucanae (epsilon Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of ε Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Tucanae during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 01m 11s
-65° 26’ 21”
17h 04m 30s
17h 05m 41s

J2000

23h 59m 54s
-65° 34’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

311.3°
-50.71°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ε Tucanae (epsilon Tucanae) star
Simplified finder chart for ε Tucanae (epsilon Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.5
Sub-giant

-0.80
B9IV
11247K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Tucanae is distant 374.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

114.81
374.28
11 km/s
0.048 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Tucanae
(epsilon Tucanae)
SAO255619
SAO255619

Visibility from Your Location

ε Tucanae (epsilon Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK