The Toucan
Tucana
Genitive: Tucanae · abbreviation Tuc
Best evening month
October
Visible from
90°S to 26°N
Centre RA
23h 11m 00s
Centre Dec
−64° 00′
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Mythology & origin
The large-billed tropical bird. It contains the Small Magellanic Cloud and the globular cluster 47 Tucanae.
Keyser & de Houtman · 1597–98, published by Plancius