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ι Tucanae (iota Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.16°   Az: 153.07°   Direction: South-South-East

ι Tucanae is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Tucana.

ι Tucanae visual magnitude is 5.37. Because of its faintness, ι Tucanae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ι Tucanae (iota Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of ι Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Tucanae during the next 10000 years (12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 08m 18s
-61° 38’ 24”
20h 21m 19s
21h 29m 38s

J2000

01h 07m 18s
-61° 46’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

299.64°
-55.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Tucanae (iota Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.37
Giant

0.71
G5III
5051K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Tucanae is distant 279.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

85.62
279.11
-8 km/s
0.073 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Tucanae
(iota Tucanae)
SAO248324
SAO248324

Visibility from Your Location

ι Tucanae (iota Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK