Eta Tucanae (η Tuc / η Tucanae) is a star in the constellation Tucana.
Eta Tucanae is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.00. It is approximately 159 light years from Earth.
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Eta Tucanae
Astronomy
Constellation
Tucana
Tucana is a constellation in the southern sky, created in the sixteenth century. Its name is Latin for the toucan, a South American bird.
The constellation was one of twelve created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on...
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