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Zeta Tucanae
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Star Zeta Tucanae

Yellow-White star Zeta Tucanae is located 28 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class F9.5, that has 99 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
28 light years

Zeta Tucanae

Yellow-White star, High proper motion star
Spectral class: F9.5

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 0h 20m 8.548s
Declination iconDeclination: -64° 52' 10.622'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 116.183
Distance iconSun distance: 28.073 ly | 8.6 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 99 % M Sun | 1037 M Jupiter
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Size: 108 % R Sun | 10.7 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 5900 K | 1.02 T Sun
time iconAge: 2.8 billions years | 0.61 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 1.26 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 4.2
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 4.6
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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Zeta Tucanae system structure

Zeta Tucanae
More about Zeta Tucanae
Nearby star Zeta Tucanae is is approximately 8 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 5900 K (5627 °C), which is about 102 % of Sun's temperature.
       Zeta Tucanae can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. 
Other designations of this star
FK5 10, GCTP 54, Gliese 17, HD 1581, HIP 1599, HR 77, LHS 5, LTT 167, SAO 248163, GC 401, Gaia EDR3 4900108950849461248
External sources
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Simbad database (* zet Tuc)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4900108950849461248)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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p Eridani
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