Tucana

E492358

Tucana is a small, southern-sky constellation best known for containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the globular cluster 47 Tucanae.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tucanae 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
areaSquareDegrees approximately295
belongsToFamily Bayer family of constellations
bestSeenInMonth November
borderedBy Grus
Hydrus NERFINISHED
Indus NERFINISHED
Octans NERFINISHED
Phoenix NERFINISHED
celestialLongitudeRegion southernSky
contains 47 Tuc V NERFINISHED
47 Tuc W NERFINISHED
47 Tuc X-9 NERFINISHED
47 Tucanae NERFINISHED
Alpha Tucanae NERFINISHED
Beta Tucanae NERFINISHED
Delta Tucanae NERFINISHED
Epsilon Tucanae NERFINISHED
Gamma Tucanae NERFINISHED
HD 211416 NERFINISHED
HD 215497 b NERFINISHED
HD 215497 c NERFINISHED
HD 219077 b NERFINISHED
HD 4308 b NERFINISHED
Kappa Tucanae NERFINISHED
NGC 104 NERFINISHED
NGC 362 NERFINISHED
Nu Tucanae NERFINISHED
OGLE-TR-111 b NERFINISHED
OGLE-TR-113 b NERFINISHED
OGLE-TR-182 b NERFINISHED
OGLE-TR-211 b NERFINISHED
Pi Tucanae NERFINISHED
Rho Tucanae NERFINISHED
Small Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED
Theta Tucanae NERFINISHED
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED
WASP-72 b NERFINISHED
Xi Tucanae NERFINISHED
Zeta Tucanae NERFINISHED
Zeta Tucanae b NERFINISHED
containsMostOf Small Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED
containsNotableGlobularCluster 47 Tucanae NERFINISHED
NGC 362 NERFINISHED
declination approximately−65°
firstAppearedOnAtlas Johann Bayer Uranometria 1603 NERFINISHED
firstAppearedOnGlobe Plancius 1598 celestial globe NERFINISHED
genitiveForm Tucanae
hasAbbreviation Tuc NERFINISHED
hasIAUDesignation Tucana NERFINISHED
hemisphereVisibility Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
introducedBy Petrus Plancius NERFINISHED
introducedInCentury 16th century
locatedIn southernCelestialHemisphere
namedAfter toucan
rankByArea 48
recognizedBy International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED
rightAscension approximately23h
visibleBetweenLatitudes +25
−90

Referenced by (9)

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

SMC constellation Tucana
constellation Tucana genitiveForm Tucana
subject surface form: Tucana
this entity surface form: Tucanae
constellation Tucana locatedInConstellation Tucana
subject surface form: 47 Tucanae
47 Tucanae (in its vicinity on the sky) locatedInConstellation Tucana
subject surface form: 47 Tucanae
constellation Tucana locatedInConstellation Tucana
subject surface form: Small Magellanic Cloud
constellation Tucana locatedInConstellation Tucana
subject surface form: Tucana Dwarf Galaxy
constellation Tucana name Tucana
subject surface form: Tucana