Gamma Tucanae
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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| Constellation | Tucana |
| Right ascension | 23h 17m 25.8s |
| Declination | −58° 14′ 09″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +3.99[1] |
| Distance | 75.2 ± 1.1 ly (23.1 ± 0.3[1] pc) |
| Spectral type | F1 III[1] |
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Gamma Tucanae (γ Tuc, γ Tucanae) is a star in the constellation Tucana.
Gamma Tucanae is a yellow-white sequence star of spectral type F1III and an apparent magnitude of 4.00, located around 75 light years from Earth.[2] It also marks the toucan's beak.[3]
This star has 1.55 times the mass of the Sun.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Shaya, Ed J.; Olling, Rob P. (January 2011), "Very Wide Binaries and Other Comoving Stellar Companions: A Bayesian Analysis of the Hipparcos Catalogue", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 192 (1): 2, arXiv:1007.0425, Bibcode:2011ApJS..192....2S, doi:10.1088/0067-0049/192/1/2
- ^ "Gamma Tucanae". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ Knobel, E. B. (1917). "On Frederick de Houtman's Catalogue of Southern Stars, and the Origin of the Southern Constellations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 77: 414–32 [430]. Bibcode:1917MNRAS..77..414K. doi:10.1093/mnras/77.5.414.
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