NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of stars in Pictor

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Pictor, sorted by decreasing brightness. The Pleiades, an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pictor (IPA: , Latin: ) is one of the minor southern (declination -50 to -60) constellations. ...

Name

Designation

Location

Magnitude

Dist. (ly)

Sp. class

Notes

HIP

50241

32607

06^h 48^m 11.54^s

−61° 56′ 31.1″

3.24

0.83

A7IV

β Pic

39060

27321

05^h 47^m 17.08^s

−51° 04′ 00.2″

3.85

2.42

A3V

has a protoplanetary disk, possible planets

γ Pic

39523

27530

05^h 49^m 49.58^s

−56° 09′ 59.4″

4.50

0.87

174

K1III

δ Pic

42933

29276

06^h 10^m 17.91^s

−54° 58′ 07.2″

4.72

−3.81

1655

B0.5IV

42540

28991

06^h 07^m 03.36^s

−62° 09′ 15.9″

5.04

−0.37

394

K2/K3III

η² Pic

η²

33042

23649

05^h 04^m 57.95^s

−49° 34′ 40.2″

5.05

−0.76

474

M2IIIvar

39640

27621

05^h 50^m 53.22^s

−52° 06′ 31.3″

5.16

0.61

264

G8III

61 Pic

46355

30932

06^h 29^m 28.54^s

−56° 51′ 10.2″

5.20

0.29

312

K0III

40292

27947

05^h 54^m 50.11^s

−52° 38′ 09.9″

5.29

2.58

114

F0Ve...

λ Pic

30185

21914

04^h 42^m 46.46^s

−50° 28′ 53.1″

5.30

0.19

343

K0/K1III

38871

27243

05^h 46^m 27.37^s

−46° 35′ 50.0″

5.31

−0.44

460

K0/K1II

η¹ Pic

η¹

32743

23482

05^h 02^m 48.73^s

−49° 09′ 05.3″

5.37

3.28

F2V

ζ Pic

35072

24829

05^h 19^m 22.11^s

−50° 36′ 23.5″

5.44

2.65

118

F7III-IV

36553

25768

05^h 30^m 09.46^s

−47° 04′ 38.4″

5.46

2.26

143

G3IV

ι Pic A

31203

22531

04^h 50^m 55.39^s

−53° 27′ 42.2″

5.58

2.73

121

F0IV...

ν Pic

45229

30342

06^h 22^m 55.87^s

−56° 22′ 11.7″

5.60

2.09

164

41214

28484

06^h 00^m 49.20^s

−51° 12′ 59.6″

5.65

1.65

206

A1m...

μ Pic

46860

31137

06^h 31^m 58.31^s

−58° 45′ 13.8″

5.69

−1.04

724

B9V

45557

30463

06^h 24^m 13.88^s

−60° 16′ 53.0″

5.78

1.06

287

A0V

40733

28287

05^h 58^m 37.56^s

−44° 02′ 04.5″

5.81

−2.13

1264

G8II

45984

30703

06^h 27^m 04.14^s

−58° 00′ 07.6″

5.82

−0.53

606

K3III

36734

25887

05^h 31^m 35.99^s

−45° 55′ 31.5″

5.86

0.07

468

K3III

39937

27737

05^h 52^m 20.18^s

−57° 09′ 21.6″

5.93

0.41

415

F7IV

34347

24384

05^h 13^m 53.33^s

−52° 01′ 50.6″

6.03

−0.63

701

K3III

35765

25317

05^h 24^m 55.58^s

−44° 13′ 32.5″

6.09

0.03

532

K1III

κ Pic

35580

25098

05^h 22^m 22.15^s

−56° 08′ 04.0″

6.10

−0.71

749

B8/B9V

37434

26300

05^h 36^m 02.85^s

−47° 18′ 49.4″

6.10

0.08

522

K2III

40200

27937

05^h 54^m 41.12^s

−49° 37′ 37.4″

6.11

−1.53

1101

B3V

50571

32775

06^h 50^m 01.01^s

−60° 14′ 57.9″

6.11

3.51

108

F7III-IV

46792

31068

06^h 31^m 10.65^s

−61° 52′ 46.5″

6.15

−1.58

1148

B3V

48189

31711

06^h 38^m 00.42^s

−61° 32′ 00.8″

6.15

4.47

G1/G2V

39110

27317

05^h 47^m 13.33^s

−54° 21′ 38.6″

6.19

−1.68

1221

K3III

33116

23653

05^h 05^m 00.61^s

−54° 24′ 26.7″

6.26

−0.40

700

M2III

θ Pic

35860

25303

05^h 24^m 46.29^s

−52° 18′ 58.2″

6.26

0.19

534

A0V

45796

30524

06^h 24^m 55.81^s

−63° 49′ 41.4″

6.26

−0.43

710

B6V

45461

30352

06^h 23^m 01.48^s

−63° 40′ 59.4″

6.30

−1.28

1069

M1III

39547

27583

05^h 50^m 28.83^s

−52° 46′ 04.5″

6.32

−0.84

883

K0/K1III

38458

27001

05^h 43^m 41.12^s

−45° 49′ 59.2″

6.38

1.82

266

F0IIIn

39312

27512

05^h 49^m 34.13^s

−44° 52′ 31.5″

6.38

−1.79

1405

K1III

41586

28596

06^h 02^m 09.32^s

−60° 05′ 48.7″

6.41

−0.61

825

M4III

ι Pic B

31204

22534

04^h 50^m 56.58^s

−53° 27′ 35.7″

6.42

3.89

105

F0IV

37226

26079

05^h 33^m 44.30^s

−54° 54′ 08.3″

6.42

2.67

183

F8V

37781

26515

05^h 38^m 17.42^s

−50° 38′ 27.7″

6.43

0.41

522

A0V

44120

29788

06^h 16^m 18.84^s

−59° 12′ 45.8″

6.44

3.64

119

G1V

29805

21666

04^h 39^m 04.29^s

−51° 40′ 22.1″

6.45

−0.07

656

K2III

45701

30480

06^h 24^m 26.57^s

−63° 25′ 43.1″

6.45

3.94

104

G3III/IV

45450

30423

06^h 23^m 46.92^s

−58° 32′ 38.2″

6.47

1.52

319

A3V

34587

24520

05^h 15^m 38.80^s

−52° 10′ 56.0″

6.48

−0.62

856

K2III

40665

28180

05^h 57^m 14.36^s

−53° 25′ 32.5″

6.48

−0.24

720

K5/M0III

Kapteyn's Star

33793

8.85

nearest halo star

A light-year or lightyear, symbol ly, is a unit of length. ... In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based initially on photospheric temperature and its associated spectral characteristics, and subsequently refined in terms of other characteristics. ... Many of the brighter stars are given names which are known as Bayer designations. ... Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. ... The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomy catalogue with astrometric and spectroscopic data about more than 225,000 stars. ... In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. ... Equatorial Coordinates Right ascension (abbrev. ... In astronomy, declination (dec) is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. ... // Headline text HEY!! HOW ARE YOU ALL?? Its nice of you to come read this page. ... In astronomy, absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude, m, an object would have if it were at a standard luminosity distance away from us, in the absence of interstellar extinction. ... Alpha Pictoris (Î± Pic / Î± Pictoris) is a star in the constellation Pictor. ... Beta Pictoris (Î² Pic / Î² Pictoris) is the second brightest star in the constellation Pictor. ... A protoplanetary disc (also protoplanetary disk, proplyd) is an accretion disc surrounding a T Tauri star. ... The eight planets and three dwarf planets of the Solar System. ... Kapteyns Star (also known as GJ 191, HD 33793 or CD -45 1841) is a class M0 subdwarf discovered by Jacobus Kapteyn in 1897. ... The galactic halo is a region of space surrounding spiral galaxies, including our galaxy, the Milky Way. ...

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