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Other stars in Tucana
- α Tucanae
- γ Tucanae
- ζ Tucanae
- β1 Tucanae
- δ Tucanae
- ε Tucanae
- β2 Tucanae
- ν Tucanae
- κ Tucanae
- η Tucanae
- β3 Tucanae
- HR8531
- ι Tucanae
- ρ Tucanae
- λ2 Tucanae
- π Tucanae
- HR8901
- HR8909
- HR8843
- HR8919
- HR257
- HR8996
- HR176
- HR8620
- HR9060
- HR186
- HR8994
- HR199
- HR8889
- HR8689
- HR8829
- θ Tucanae
- HR304
- λ1 Tucanae
- HR8593
- HR281
- HR380
- HR8646
- HR8509
- HR8669
- HR160
- HR8908
- HR8686
- HR9023
- HR32
- HR169
ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae)
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -44.45°
Az: 144.48°
Direction: South-East
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.
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
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae).
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where ρ Tucanae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
ρ Tucanae (rho Tucanae) is currently not visible from Zürich (Kreis 8) / Mühlebach, Switzerland