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Apus and Tucana

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Difference between Apus and Tucana

Apus vs. Tucana

Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky. Tucana is a constellation of stars in the southern sky, named after the toucan, a South American bird.

Similarities between Apus and Tucana

Apus and Tucana have 35 things in common (in Unionpedia): Apparent magnitude, Astronomical unit, Bayer designation, Binary star, Blue straggler, Constellation, Constellation family, Debris disk, Declination, East Indies, Equatorial coordinate system, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Exoplanet, First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia, Frederick de Houtman, Globular cluster, International Astronomical Union, Jodocus Hondius, Johann Bayer, Johannes Kepler, Main sequence, Milky Way, Minute and second of arc, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, Octans, Pavo (constellation), Petrus Plancius, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Popular Astronomy (US magazine), ..., Right ascension, South Pole, Southern celestial hemisphere, The Astronomical Journal, Uranometria. Expand index (5 more) »

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

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Bayer designation

A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

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Binary star

A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter.

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Blue straggler

A blue straggler is a main-sequence star in an open or globular cluster that is more luminous and bluer than stars at the main-sequence turn-off point for the cluster.

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Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

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Constellation family

Constellation families are collections of constellations sharing some defining characteristic, such as proximity on the celestial sphere, common historical origin, or common mythological theme.

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Debris disk

A debris disk is a circumstellar disk of dust and debris in orbit around a star.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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East Indies

The East Indies or the Indies are the lands of South and Southeast Asia.

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Equatorial coordinate system

The equatorial coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system widely used to specify the positions of celestial objects.

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Eugène Joseph Delporte

Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside our solar system.

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First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia

The First Dutch Expedition to Indonesia (Dutch: Eerste Schipvaart) was an expedition that took place from 1595 to 1597.

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Frederick de Houtman

Frederick de Houtman (1571 – 21 October 1627), or Frederik de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who sailed along the Western coast of Australia en route to Batavia, known today as Jakarta in Indonesia.

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Globular cluster

A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.

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Jodocus Hondius

Jodocus Hondius (Latinized version of his Dutch name: Joost de Hondt) (14 October 1563 – 12 February 1612) was a Flemish engraver and cartographer.

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Johann Bayer

Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).

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Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer.

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Main sequence

In astronomy, the main sequence is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appear on plots of stellar color versus brightness.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

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Minute and second of arc

A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille

Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, (15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer.

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Octans

Octans is a faint constellation located in the deep southern sky.

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Pavo (constellation)

Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky with the Latin name for peacock.

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Petrus Plancius

Petrus Plancius (1552 – May 15, 1622) was a Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman.

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Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser

Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, sometimes Petrus Theodorus (c. 1540 in Emden – 11 September 1596 in Banten), was a Dutch navigator who mapped the southern sky.

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Popular Astronomy (US magazine)

Popular Astronomy is an American magazine published by John August Media, LLC and hosted at TechnicaCuriosa.com for amateur astronomers.

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Right ascension

Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point above the earth in question.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface.

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Southern celestial hemisphere

The Southern Celestial Hemisphere, or the Southern Sky, is the southern half of the celestial sphere, which appears to rotate around a polar axis due to Earth's rotation.

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The Astronomical Journal

The Astronomical Journal (often abbreviated AJ in scientific papers and references) is a peer-reviewed monthly scientific journal owned by the American Astronomical Society and currently published by IOP Publishing.

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Uranometria

Uranometria is the short title of a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.

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Apus and Tucana Comparison

Apus has 82 relations, while Tucana has 118. As they have in common 35, the Jaccard index is 17.50% = 35 / (82 + 118).

References

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