Constellation Tucana (Toucan)

Properties

The constellation itself is relatively inconspicuous, but the toucan is easy to find because the Small Magellanic Cloud with the bright globular cluster 47 Tucanae is located in its southern part to the west like a blurred star. The area of this constellation is 295 square degrees and the centre culminates around midnight on September 17th. ^{[9, 15]}

Data for constellation Tucana ^[150]
IAU Name	Tucana
IAU Genitive	Tucanae
IAU Abbr.	Tuc
English Name	Toucan
Culmination at local midnight	21 September
Season (Latitude +46.8°)	[Not visible]
Right Ascension (J2000.0)	22^h 08^m 27^s … 01^h 24^m 49^s
Declination (J2000.0)	-75° 20' 50" … -56° 18' 46"
Area	295 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Phe, Gru, Ind, Oct, Hyi, Eri

Deep-Sky Object Descriptions

47 Tucanae
NGC 104

NGC 362

Catalogues

History

The constellation was introduced by Johann Bayer in 1603. It represents a toucan or pepper eater (Rhamphastidae), a bird native to the forest areas of Central and South America. These birds have a powerful, high and often very vividly coloured beak. ^{[6, 7]}