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ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.97°   Az: 172.49°   Direction: South

ρ Tucanae is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Tucana.

ρ Tucanae visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, ρ 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 ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of ρ Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Tucanae during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 43m 32s
-65° 19’ 45”
12h 17m 25s
13h 00m 57s

J2000

00h 42m 28s
-65° 28’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

304.43°
-51.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Main-sequence

2.34
F6V
6389K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Tucanae is distant 132.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

40.67
132.57
14 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y
0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Tucanae
(rho Tucanae)
SAO248237
SAO248237

Visibility from Your Location

ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK