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Definition of Tucana
1. Noun. A large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Definition of Tucana
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a toucan. It lies south of the constellations Phoenix and Grus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tucana
Literary usage of Tucana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Star-names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899)
"It lies between Horologium and tucana; the head adjoining the polar Octans, ...
Out of this, with tucana and the Lesser Cloud, Julius Schiller made his ..."
2. Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College by Harvard College Observatory (1897)
"In the case of /3* tucana; there are no well marked lines to assist in the ...
The spectrum of fP tucana; is probably of Class A 2 V and has narrow lines. ..."
3. Astronomy for Young Folks by Isabel Martin Lewis (1922)
"It has been estimated that the distance of The Lesser Cloud is 80000 light-years
and that it is receding from us. In tucana is located one of the finest ..."
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