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η Tucanae (eta Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -58.51°   Az: 224.30°   Direction: South

η Tucanae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Tucana.

η Tucanae visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, η 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 η Tucanae (eta Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of η Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of η Tucanae during the next 10000 years (14.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 58m 54s
-64° 09’ 23”
08h 12m 46s
08h 11m 40s

J2000

23h 57m 35s
-64° 17’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

312.34°
-51.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Tucanae (eta Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Main-sequence

1.56
A1V
9434K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Tucanae is distant 158.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

48.71
158.79
33 km/s
0.086 arcsec/y
-0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

η Tucanae
(eta Tucanae)
SAO255609
SAO255609

Visibility from Your Location

η Tucanae (eta Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK