Celestial Atlas
Triangulum Australe <—     Tucana: The Toucan     —> Ursa Major
(possessive form Tucanae, abbreviation Tuc)
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One of twelve southern constellations mapped by Dutch explorer Frederick de Houtman and navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser in 1595-97, formed into constellations by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius, and introduced to the world at large by Johann Bayer, in his 1603 Uranometria.


Illustrations of Tucana
From Bayer's 1603 Uranometria
(Image from the USNO copy of the 1661 edition of Bayer's Uranometria)
Portion of Bayer's Uranometria showing Tucana

From Bode's 1801 Uranographia
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bode's Uranographia showing the region near Tucana

Map of Tucana
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger


Stars in Tucana

     Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.

α Tuc

β Tuc

γ Tuc

δ Tuc

ε Tuc


Objects of Interest
NGC 265, a 12th-magnitude open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (RA 00 47 11, Dec -73 28 43).
NGC 290, a 12th-magnitude open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (RA 00 51 15, Dec -73 09 45).

Celestial Atlas
Triangulum Australe <—     Tucana: The Toucan     —> Ursa Major