Stars in Tucana
The brightest star in Tucana is Lang-Exster, at apparent magnitude 2.87 and 200 ly from Earth, one of 32 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 4 of them carrying a name.
Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →
| # | Star | Magnitude | Distance | Class | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lang-Exster | 2.87 | 200 ly | K3III | ~3,967 K |
| 2 | Gamma Tuc | 3.99 | 75.2 ly | F1III | ~6,827 K |
| 3 | Zeta Tuc | 4.23 | 28.0 ly | F9V | ~6,063 K |
| 4 | Kappa Tuc | 4.25 | 68.3 ly | F6IV | ~6,481 K |
| 5 | Beta¹ Tuc | 4.36 | 135 ly | B9V | ~11,001 K |
| 6 | Epsilon Tuc | 4.49 | 373 ly | B9IV | ~11,169 K |
| 7 | HD 219077 | 6.12 | 95.2 ly | G8 V+ | 5,362 K |
| 8 | HD 4308 | 6.55 | 71.8 ly | G5V | 5,686 K |
| 9 | HD 222237 | 7.09 | 37.3 ly | K3 V | 4,751 K |
| 10 | HD 222076 | 7.47 | 297 ly | K0 III | 4,806 K |
| 11 | HD 1397 | 7.79 | 260 ly | G5 III/IV | 5,521 K |
| 12 | HD 221287 | 7.82 | 182 ly | F7 V | 6,304 K |
| 13 | Poerava | 7.82 | 180 ly | F7V | ~6,331 K |
| 14 | HD 213885 | 7.95 | 157 ly | G | 5,978 K |
| 15 | HD 7199 | 8.06 | 118 ly | K1 IV | 5,371 K |
| 16 | HD 224538 | 8.06 | 258 ly | F8/G0 IV/V | 6,097 K |
| 17 | Emiw | 8.06 | 115 ly | K0IV/V | ~5,137 K |
| 18 | DS Tuc A | 8.17 | 144 ly | G6 V | 5,428 K |
| 19 | HD 215497 | 8.96 | 132 ly | K3 V | 5,110 K |
| 20 | HD 219666 | 9.81 | 307 ly | G5 V | 5,540 K |
| 21 | L 168-9 | 11.01 | 82.0 ly | M0.5 V | 3,842 K |
| 22 | Danfeng | 11.03 | 86.0 ly | M2 | ~3,870 K |
| 23 | TOI-209 | 11.67 | 370 ly | K-type | 4,807 K |
| 24 | WASP-91 | 11.98 | 489 ly | K3 | 4,920 K |
| 25 | HATS-30 | 12.28 | 1,116 ly | G | 5,943 K |
| 26 | HATS-68 | 12.31 | 1,970 ly | F-type | 6,147 K |
| 27 | TOI-169 | 12.36 | 1,330 ly | G1 V | 5,880 K |
| 28 | WASP-164 | 12.60 | 1,068 ly | G2 V | 5,806 K |
| 29 | TIC 52059926 | 13.72 | 706 ly | K4.5 V | 4,505 K |
| 30 | HATS-34 | 13.86 | 1,660 ly | G-type | 5,380 K |
| 31 | TOI-122 | 15.53 | 203 ly | M3 V | 3,403 K |
| 32 | HATS-71 | 16.44 | 457 ly | M3 V | 3,405 K |
Common questions
What is the brightest star in Tucana?
The brightest star in Tucana is Lang-Exster, at apparent magnitude 2.87 and 200 ly from Earth, one of 32 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 4 of them carrying a name.
What is the nearest star in Tucana?
The nearest of them is Zeta Tuc, 28 ly away.