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Alpha Tucanae

Proper Name
None

Bayer Designation
Alpha Tucanae

Flamsteed Number
None

BSC
8502

HD
211416

Constellation
Tucana

Right Ascension
22h 18m 30s

Declination
-60° 15' 35"

Distance
199 light years
61 parsecs

Magnitude
Apparent: +2.9
Absolute: -1.1

Spectral Class
K3 Orange Giant

Optimum Visibility
August/September

An orange giant star that lies almost 200 light years from the Earth; the brightest star in the constellation of Tucana, the Toucan.

Dismembered by ferocious gravitational effects, a broken comet passes through the close binary system Alpha Tucanae. Each of the remaining fragments has two tails, as particles are blasted into space by each of Alpha Tucanae's component stars.

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