Gamma Tucanae

γ Tucanae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Tucana
Right ascension 23h 17m 25.8s
Declination 58° 14 09
Apparent magnitude (V) +3.99[1]
Distance75.2 ± 1.1 ly
(23.1 ± 0.3[1] pc)
Spectral typeF1 III[1]
Other designations
HR 8848, HD 219571, CP58 8062, FK5 877, HIP 114996, SAO 247814, GC 32413

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 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
  2. "Gamma Tucanae". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. 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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