constellation Tucana

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constellation dwarf galaxy dwarf spheroidal galaxy globular cluster southern sky constellation

Constellation Tucana is a faint southern sky constellation best known for containing the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way’s nearest dwarf galaxy neighbors.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
constellation Tucana canonical 4

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
dwarf galaxy ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
globular cluster ⓘ
southern sky constellation ⓘ
abbreviation Tuc ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees approximately 295 ⓘ
bestVisibleMonth October ⓘ
borderingConstellation Grus ⓘ
Hydrus ⓘ
Indus ⓘ
Octans ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ
brightestStar Alpha Tucanae ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 2.86 ⓘ
contains 47 Tucanae ⓘ
Alpha Tucanae ⓘ
Beta Tucanae ⓘ
Gamma Tucanae ⓘ
HD 215497 ⓘ
HD 215497 ⓘ
surface form: HD 215497 b

HD 4308 ⓘ
HD 4308 ⓘ
surface form: HD 4308 b

Kappa Tucanae ⓘ
NGC 346 ⓘ
NGC 362 ⓘ
Nu Tucanae ⓘ
OGLE-TR-10 ⓘ
OGLE-TR-111 ⓘ
OGLE-TR-111 ⓘ
surface form: OGLE-TR-111b

OGLE-TR-113 ⓘ
OGLE-TR-113 ⓘ
surface form: OGLE-TR-113b

OGLE-TR-132 ⓘ
OGLE-TR-132 ⓘ
surface form: OGLE-TR-132b

OGLE-TR-182 ⓘ
OGLE-TR-182 ⓘ
surface form: OGLE-TR-182b

OGLE-TR-211 ⓘ
OGLE-TR-211 ⓘ
surface form: OGLE-TR-211b

OGLE-TR-56 ⓘ
Pi Tucanae ⓘ
Rho Tucanae ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Tucana II ⓘ
Tucana III ⓘ
Tucana III stellar stream ⓘ
Tucana IV ⓘ
Tucana V ⓘ
WASP-72 ⓘ
WASP-72 ⓘ
surface form: WASP-72b

Zeta Tucanae ⓘ
declinationRange approximately −56° to −75° ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Plancius’s 35-cm celestial globe ⓘ
genitiveForm Tucana ⓘ
surface form: Tucanae
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
iauAbbreviation Tuc ⓘ
iauCode Tuc ⓘ
iauConstellationFamily Bayer family ⓘ
includedIn Uranometria ⓘ
surface form: Bayer’s Uranometria
introducedBy Petrus Plancius ⓘ
introducedYear 1598 ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Tucana ⓘ
Tucana ⓘ
Tucana ⓘ
name Tucana ⓘ
notableDeepSkyObject 47 Tucanae ⓘ
NGC 362 ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
quadrant SQ4 ⓘ
rankByArea 48 ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 22h to 1h ⓘ
smallMagellanicCloudType dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ
symbolism the toucan ⓘ
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +25° and −90° ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Small Magellanic Cloud → locatedIn → constellation Tucana ⓘ
Magellanic Clouds → locatedIn → constellation Tucana ⓘ
subject surface form: Small Magellanic Cloud
PGC 3085 → locatedIn → constellation Tucana ⓘ
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy → locatedIn → constellation Tucana ⓘ