Kappa Tucanae

Starbox short
name=κ Tucanae
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Tucana
ra=01^h 15^m 46.1^s
dec=−68° 52' 34"
spectral=F6IV
appmag_v=+4.25
dist_ly=66.6 ± 0.7
dist_pc=20.4 ± 0.2
names=HR 377, HD 7788, CP-69 45 +
CP-69 44, HIP 5896 + HIP 5842,
SAO 248346 + SAO 248342,
GC 1536, CCDM 01157-6852

Kappa Tucanae (κ Tuc / κ Tucanae) is a star system in the constellation Tucana. It is approximately 66.6 light years from Earth and the combined apparent magnitude of the system is +4.25.

The system consists of two binary pairs separated by 5.3 arcminutes. The brightest star, Kappa Tucanae A, is a yellow-white F-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.1. Its binary companion, Kappa Tucanae B, has a magnitude of +7.3 and is 5 arcseconds, or at least 100 Astronomical Units from A. They complete one orbit every 1222 years.

The other binary pair, the magnitude +7.8 C, and the magnitude +8.2 D, are closer to one another, at 1.12 arcseconds, or at least 23 Astronomical Units. They orbit each other once every 86.2 years.