Tucana
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Tucana is a small, southern-sky constellation best known for containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud and the globular cluster 47 Tucanae.
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.
subject surface form:
Tucana
this entity surface form:
Tucanae
subject surface form:
47 Tucanae
subject surface form:
47 Tucanae
subject surface form:
Small Magellanic Cloud
subject surface form:
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy
subject surface form:
Tucana