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 [too-kan-uh, -kah-nuh, -key-, tyoo-]  

Tu·can·a

   [too-kan-uh, -kah-nuh, -key-, tyoo-]
noun, genitive Tu·can·ae  [-kan-ee, -kah-nee, -key-] . Astronomy.
the Toucan, a southern constellation between Octans and Phoenix.
Origin:
< Neo-Latin: toucan
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Tucana is always a great word to know.
So is apparent magnitude. Does it mean:
the magnitude or brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth
a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space
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Tucana (tuːˈkɑːnə)
 
—n , Latin genitive Tucanae
a faint extensive constellation in the S hemisphere close to Hydrus and Eridanus, containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud
 
[probably from Tupi: toucan]

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