List of stars in Tucana

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Tucana, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name

B

Var

HD

HIP

RA

Dec

Dist. (ly)

Notes

α

211416

110130

22^h 18^m 30.18^s

−60° 15′ 34.2″

2.87

−1.05

199

K3III

astrometric binary

γ Tuc

γ

219571

114996

23^h 17^m 25.81^s

−58° 14′ 09.3″

3.99

2.28

72

F1III

ζ Tuc

ζ

1581

1599

00^h 20^m 01.91^s

−64° 52′ 39.4″

4.23

4.56

28

F9V

Sun-like star

κ Tuc

κ

7788

5896

01^h 15^m 45.50^s

−68° 52′ 34.5″

4.25

2.70

67

F6IV

quadruple star, suspected variable

β¹ Tuc

β¹

2884

2484

00^h 31^m 32.56^s

−62° 57′ 29.1″

4.34

135

B9V

component of the β Tuc system

ε Tuc

ε

224686

118322

23^h 59^m 54.91^s

−65° 34′ 37.5″

4.49

−0.81

374

B9IV

δ Tuc

δ

212581

110838

22^h 27^m 19.87^s

−64° 57′ 59.0″

4.50

−0.06

267

B8V

suspected variable, V_max = 4.46^m, V_min = 4.50^m

β² Tuc

β²

2885

2487

00^h 31^m 33.36^s

−62° 57′ 55.6″

4.51

168

A2V

component of the β Tuc system

ν Tuc

ν

213442

111310

22^h 33^m 00.01^s

−61° 58′ 55.5″

4.91

0.30

273

M4III

semiregular variable, V_max = 4.75^m, V_min = 4.93^m

η Tuc

η

224392

118121

23^h 57^m 34.97^s

−64° 17′ 53.1″

5.00

1.56

159

A1V

β³ Tuc

β³

3003

2578

00^h 32^m 43.79^s

−63° 01′ 53.0″

5.09

149

A0V

component of the β Tuc system

HD 212330

212330

110649

22^h 24^m 56.19^s

−57° 47′ 47.8″

5.31

3.75

67

F9V

ι Tuc

ι

6793

5268

01^h 07^m 18.57^s

−61° 46′ 30.9″

5.36

0.70

279

G5III

semiregular variable

ρ Tuc

ρ

4089

3330

00^h 42^m 28.30^s

−65° 28′ 05.3″

5.38

2.33

133

F6V

λ² Tuc

λ²

5457

4293

00^h 55^m 00.30^s

−69° 31′ 37.1″

5.45

1.40

210

G7III

π Tuc

π

1685

1647

00^h 20^m 39.04^s

−69° 37′ 29.7″

5.50

0.64

306

B9V

HD 225253

225253

377

00^h 04^m 41.25^s

−71° 26′ 12.7″

5.59

−0.63

572

B8III

HD 220572

220572

115620

23^h 25^m 19.37^s

−56° 50′ 56.2″

5.60

0.89

285

K0III

HD 220790

220790

115769

23^h 27^m 14.93^s

−58° 28′ 34.6″

5.63

0.82

298

G8III

HD 219482

219482

114948

23^h 16^m 57.47^s

−62° 00′ 04.1″

5.64

4.07

67

F7V

HD 221006

CG

221006

115908

23^h 29^m 00.93^s

−63° 06′ 38.2″

5.66

0.33

380

Ap Si

α² CVn variable, ΔV = 0.045^m, P = 2.3148 d

BQ Tuc

BQ

5276

4200

00^h 53^m 37.78^s

−62° 52′ 16.9″

5.70

−0.64

613

M4III

semiregular variable, ΔV = 0.2^m

HD 222820

222820

117088

23^h 44^m 12.03^s

−64° 24′ 16.3″

5.73

−1.42

879

K3II

HD 3823

3823

3170

00^h 40^m 24.66^s

−59° 27′ 20.5″

5.89

3.86

83

G1V

HD 224361

224361

118092

23^h 57^m 19.78^s

−62° 57′ 23.8″

5.95

1.96

205

A2p

HD 214632

214632

111967

22^h 40^m 48.86^s

−57° 25′ 20.3″

5.98

−1.90

1226

K4III

HD 4088

4088

3352

00^h 42^m 41.64^s

−60° 15′ 45.7″

5.99

1.68

237

K5III

HD 4294

4294

3489

00^h 44^m 31.52^s

−62° 29′ 51.4″

6.06

1.44

274

F5III/IV

HD 222805

222805

117105

23^h 44^m 25.00^s

−70° 29′ 25.4″

6.06

2.75

150

G8IV

DR Tuc

DR

220263

115433

23^h 22^m 56.68^s

−60° 03′ 21.0″

6.08

−1.00

851

M3III

semiregular variable

θ Tuc

θ

3112

2629

00^h 33^m 23.23^s

−71° 15′ 58.4″

6.11

0.22

490

A7IV

δ Sct variable, V_max = 6.06^m, V_min = 6.15^m, P = 0.049308 d

HD 219077

219077

114699

23^h 14^m 05.98^s

−62° 41′ 56.3″

6.12

3.79

95

G5IV

has a planet (b)

HD 216187

216187

112924

22^h 52^m 09.98^s

−63° 11′ 18.8″

6.14

0.69

401

K0III

HD 213884

213884

111548

22^h 35^m 52.84^s

−57° 53′ 01.4″

6.22

2.07

220

F0Vn

λ¹ Tuc

λ¹

5190

4084

00^h 52^m 24.51^s

−69° 30′ 12.9″

6.22

206

F7IV/V

suspected variable

HD 5771

5771

4563

00^h 58^m 22.18^s

−60° 41′ 46.7″

6.23

0.07

557

Am

HD 7916

7916

5992

01^h 17^m 03.68^s

−66° 23′ 52.4″

6.23

1.16

336

A0V

CC Tuc

CC

6311

4879

01^h 02^m 42.89^s

−65° 27′ 22.0″

6.25

−0.71

803

M2III

semiregular variable, V_max = 6.22^m, V_min = 6.37^m

HD 215121

215121

112259

22^h 44^m 16.48^s

−60° 29′ 58.8″

6.29

0.63

442

F3V

HD 565

565

798

00^h 09^m 52.10^s

−62° 17′ 48.6″

6.34

0.68

442

A6V

HD 215682

215682

112603

22^h 48^m 21.30^s

−61° 41′ 03.7″

6.36

0.95

393

K0III

HD 211726

211726

110311

22^h 20^m 36.25^s

−57° 30′ 35.1″

6.41

−0.48

780

K3/K4III

HD 3444

3444

2889

00^h 36^m 37.59^s

−65° 07′ 27.9″

6.43

−0.05

646

K2/K3III

HD 216169

216169

112895

22^h 51^m 45.00^s

−59° 52′ 52.9″

6.47

1.27

357

K1IIICN...

HD 220759

220759

115756

23^h 27^m 07.47^s

−66° 34′ 51.1″

6.47

−0.70

886

K4III

HD 215562

ξ^[1]^[2]

215562

112533

22^h 47^m 35.71^s

−65° 33′ 36.8″

6.49

0.05

633

K1III

HD 4308

4308

3497

00^h 44^m 39.27^s

−65° 38′ 58.3″

6.54

4.84

72

G5V

has a planet (b)

Gliese 902

222237

116745

23^h 39^m 36.83^s

−72° 43′ 19.8″

7.09

7.29

37.1

K3V

HD 6870

BS

6870

5321

01^h 08^m 03.97^s

−61° 52′ 17.8″

7.45

339

A2IIwp

δ Sct variable, V_max = 7.43^m, V_min = 7.57^m, P = 0.065 d

HD 222076

222076

116630

23^h 38^m 08.0^s

−70° 54′ 12″

7.48

272

has a planet (b)

HD 221287

221287

116084

23^h 31^m 20.34^s

−58° 12′ 35.0″

7.82

4.20

173

F7V

Poerava,^[3] has a planet (b)

CF Tuc

CF

5303

4157

00^h 53^m 07.77^s

−74° 39′ 05.6″

7.90

291.3

G5IV+K4IV-V

RS CVn variable, V_max = 7.50^m, V_min = 7.86^m, P = 2.79750 d

HD 1397

1397

1419

00^h 17^m 47.0^s

−66° 21′ 32″

7.90

259

G5III

has a planet (b)

HD 213885

213885

111553

22^h 35^m 56.0^s

−59° 51′ 53″

8.0

189

G

has two planets (b and c)

HD 7199

7199

5529

01^h 10^m 47^s

−66° 11′ 17″

8.06

117

KOIV/V

Emiw,^[4] has a planet (b)

HD 224538

224538

118228

23^h 58^m 52.0^s

−61° 35′ 12″

8.06

254

F9IV/V

has a planet (b)

HD 215497

215497

112441

22^h 46^m 36.75^s

−56° 35′ 58.3″

8.97

5.78

142

K3V

has two planets (b & c)

HD 222259 A

DS

222259

116748

23^h 39^m 40.0^s

−69° 11′ 45″

9

143

G6V

has a planet (b)

AQ Tuc

AQ

1372

1387

00^h 17^m 21.51^s

−71° 54′ 56.8″

10.12

1490

F4+...

W UMa variable, V_max = 9.91^m, V_min = 10.48^m, P = 0.59484267 d

HD 7583

7583

5714

01^h 13^m 30.50^s

−73° 20′ 10.3″

10.20

200000

A0Iao

in SMC; yellow hypergiant, V_max = 10.13^m, V_min = 10.44^m

R40

6884

5267

01^h 07^m 18.22^s

−72° 28′ 03.7″

10.23

200000

B9Iae

in SMC; luminous blue variable, V_max = 9.5^m, V_min = 10.73^m

HD 5980

5980

00^h 59^m 26.57^s

−72° 09′ 53.9″

11.31

200,000

WN3+OB D

in SMC; triple star; contains a luminous blue variable and a Wolf–Rayet star, V_max = 8.8^m, V_min = 11.9^m; both components among the most luminous stars known

W Tuc

W

4541

00^h 58^m 09.70^s

−63° 23′ 44.4″

11.60

979

A...

RR Lyr variable, V_max = 10.783^m, V_min = 11.950^m, P = 0.6422382 d

BZ Tuc

BZ

00^h 41^m 43.43^s

−73° 43′ 23.6″

11.68

200000

F8Ib

in SMC; classical Cepheid, V_max = 11.65^m, V_min = 12.35^m, P = 127.447 d

WASP-91

23^h 51^m 23.0^s

−70° 09′ 10″

12.00

K3

has a planet (b)

WASP-164

22^h 59^m 29.6^s

−60° 26′ 52″

12.62

G2V

has a transiting planet (b)

AB7

01^h 03^m 35.93^s

−72° 03′ 22.0″

13.02

200000

WN4+O6I

in SMC; binary star; contains a Wolf–Rayet star

SMC X-1

01^h 17^m 05.15^s

−73° 26′ 36.0″

13.30

200000

OB:

in SMC; high-mass X-ray binary

SMC X-3

00^h 52^m 05.64^s

−72° 26′ 04.2″

14.91

200000

B1-B1.5IV-V

in SMC; X-ray pulsar

AX J0051-733

DZ

00^h 50^m 44.70^s

−73° 16′ 05.4″

15.44

200000

B0-B0.5V

in SMC; X-ray pulsar with Be star companion, V_max = 14.7^m, V_min = 15.7^m, P = 0.708 d

SMC X-2

00^h 54^m 36.2^s

−73° 40′ 35″

16.38

200000

B1.5Ve

in SMC; high-mass X-ray binary

CP Tuc

CP

23^h 15^m 19.10^s

−59° 10′ 28.3″

AM Her variable

PSR J0045-7319

00^h 45^m 35.16^s

−73° 19′ 03.0″

200000

in SMC; pulsar

PMMR 62

00^h 53^m 47.93^s

−72° 02′ 09.487″

12.43

11365.53

M0Iab C

Red supergiant located in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Table legend:

• Name = Proper name
• B = Bayer designation
• F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
• Var = Variable star designation
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
• HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
• RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
• Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

• vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth
• Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
• Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

Notes

^ Designated by Bode.
^ Tirion, W., Sky Atlas 2000.0, Cambridge, 1981.
^ "Cook Islands". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
^ "Mozambique". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

References

ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Kostjuk, N. D. (2002). "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Roman, N. G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation from a Position". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Gould, B. A. "Uranometria Argentina". Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
"AAVSO Website". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names; Their Lore and Meaning, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, p. 418.
Wagman, M. (2003). Lost Stars, The Mcdonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, pp. 306–307.

[1] Designated by Bode.

[2] Tirion, W., Sky Atlas 2000.0, Cambridge, 1981.

[3] "Cook Islands". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

[4] "Mozambique". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2020-03-10.

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List of stars in Tucana

See also

Notes

References

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