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π Tucanae (pi Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.61°   Az: 147.59°   Direction: South-South-East

π Tucanae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Tucana.

π Tucanae visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, π 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 π Tucanae (pi Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of π Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of π Tucanae during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 21m 47s
-69° 29’ 15”
17h 29m 39s
17h 51m 26s

J2000

00h 20m 39s
-69° 37’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

306.87°
-47.27°

Finder Chart

Finder chart π Tucanae (pi Tucanae) star
Simplified finder chart for π Tucanae (pi Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Main-sequence

0.65
B9V
10795K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Tucanae is distant 306.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

93.90
306.10
12 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

π Tucanae
(pi Tucanae)
SAO248167
SAO248167

Visibility from Your Location

π Tucanae (pi Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK