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  Name Tucana
  Abbreviation Tuc
  Genitive Tucanae
  Symbology the Toucan
  RA 0
  Dec &minus65
  Areatotal 295
  Arearank 48th
  Numberstars 1
  Starname &alpha Tuc
  Starmagnitude 287
  Meteorshowers
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  Latmax 25
  Latmin 90
  Month November


Tucana ( Latin for '' Toucan '') is a southern Constellation . The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick De Houtman between 1595 and 1597 , and it first appeared in Johann Bayer 's '' Uranometria '' of 1603 .


NOTABLE DEEP SKY OBJECTS

At the southern end of Tucana lies the Small Magellanic Cloud . The Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) is also located within its boundaries as is the Tucana Dwarf Galaxy , which was discovered in 1990.


MYTHOLOGY

Since it was invented in the 17th century, there is no earlier mythology associated with it.


NOTABLE AND NAMED STARS

Source: The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200





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