Tucana constellation

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Tucana constellation lies in the southern hemisphere.

The neighboring constellations are Eridanus, Grus, Hydrus, Indus, Octans and Phoenix.

It is one of four constellations known as the “Southern Birds,” along with Grus, Pavo, and Phoenix.

The constellation has no classical mythology.

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The story behind the name:

Tucana is named for the Toucan, a brightly colored South American bird with a very large, thick bill. The shape of the constellation looks like the bird's bill. Tucana is another collaboration between the Dutch navigators Keyser and de Houtman who charted the southern skies on a voyage to the East Indies, and Johann Bayer, an astronomer who cataloged and published their newly discovered star patterns in his 1603 sky atlas.
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In astronomy, Tucana is a medium-sized south circumpolar constellation.
Circumpolar constellations are constellations that never set below the horizon.
They can be seen in the night sky throughout the year.

Southern Constellations: Toucan, Phoenix, Grus, Indus, Hydrus, Pavo, Apus Indica, Triangulum Australe, Chameleon, Apis, Piscis Volans, Dorado: Illustration from «Uranometria» by Johann Bayer, copper engraving by Alexander Mair, 1603 deepskycorner.ch

Tucana is best known as the home of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way and a member of the Local Group, the group of galaxies to which the Milky Way belongs. The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of a pair of galaxies (the other is the Large Magellanic Cloud) that were seen as clouds by the crew of Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer. The Small Magellanic Cloud is 195,000 light-years away from Earth and appears to the unaided eye as a hazy patch of light about 3.5 degrees across. In this patch are estimated to be over 500,000 separately detectable stars, perhaps 400 of which are more than 10,000 times as bright as the sun. The stars are grouped into clusters and intermixed with glowing clouds of gas.

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In the zoo of my city, there are representatives of one of these birds.

I will take this opportunity to tell you about this species.

Translation of the text from the sign -

White-breasted tucan /Ramphastos tucanus/.

Range: north-east of South America (Amazonia).

Habitats: forests near water bodies, gardens and plantations. Life style: feeds on fruits, flowers, nectar, as well as insects, reptiles, chicks and eggs. Usually leads a solitary way of life. Sometimes form small flocks. Nest is made in hollow trees. The female lays 2-3 eggs. Life span up to 50 years.

Categorised as "vulnerable species" due to a sharp decline in the population as a result of deforestation.