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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Tucana used when naming stars, such as α Tucanae.
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You can't help note 47 Tucanae blazing in the bottom of the SMC image at the ESO page.
Elements of the Universe Shown in New Image | Universe Today 2010
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“The crashed vehicle contained two males from Spectra, a planet orbiting the star Zeta Tucanae, and a female from one of the two inhabited planets in the Sirius system, Amazon the planet of warrior women,” she wrote in the letter, which also included sketches of herself and of Spectrans.
Britain’s Secret UFO Files Are Released | Disinformation 2008
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Interoceans II (Strategy Remix) - I Heart Lung To see more of my astrophotography, please visit: www. flickr.com Featured images: 1 - 47 Tucanae 2 - Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822) 3 -
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Fair Dinkum Skies, courtesy of the Tzec Maun Foundation.www. tzecmaun.org Song: Meeting in the Aisle - Radiohead To see more of my astrophotography, please visit: www. flickr.com Featured images: 1 - 47 Tucanae 2 -
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Meeting in the Aisle - Radiohead To see more of my astrophotography, please visit: www. flickr.com Featured images: 1 - 47 Tucanae 2 - Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822) 3 - Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) 4 - Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) 5 - Christmas Tree Cluster/Cone Nebula Region
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The core of globular cluster 47 Tucanae is home to many blue stragglers, rejuvenated stars that glow with the blue light of young stars.
unknown title 2009
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A ground-based telescope image (on the left) shows the entire crowded core of 47 Tucanae, located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana.
unknown title 2009
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A ground-based telescope image (on the left) shows the entire crowded core of 47 Tucanae, located 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana.
Livescience.com 2009
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The top sources within our galaxy include the sun; a star system known as LSI +61 303, which pairs a massive normal star with a superdense neutron star; PSR J1836+5925, which is one of many new pulsars, a type of spinning neutron star that emits gamma-ray beams; and the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a sphere of ancient stars 15,000 light-years away.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The core of globular cluster 47 Tucanae contains a number of "blue stragglers" - older stars that glow with the blue light normally seen from young stars (above, circled in yellow).
Signs of the Times 2009
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