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ζ Tucanae (zeta Tucanae)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -62.82°   Az: 222.92°   Direction: South-West

ζ Tucanae is a main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Tucana.

ζ Tucanae visual magnitude is 4.23. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Tucanae (zeta Tucanae) star
DSS2 image of ζ Tucanae. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Tucanae during the next 100 years (2.84 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.94 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 21m 15s
-64° 44’ 02”
08h 52m 50s
09h 14m 06s

J2000

00h 20m 04s
-64° 52’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

308.35°
-51.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Tucanae (zeta Tucanae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.23
Main-sequence

4.56
F9V
6047K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Tucanae is distant 28.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

8.59
28.01
9 km/s
1.705 arcsec/y
1.164"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Tucanae
(zeta Tucanae)
SAO248163
SAO248163

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Tucanae (zeta Tucanae) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK