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α Pictoris (alpha Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -51.16°   Az: 134.41°   Direction: South-East

α Pictoris is a sub-giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Pictor.

α Pictoris visual magnitude is 3.27. Because of its moderate brightness, α Pictoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of α Pictoris (alpha Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of α Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of α Pictoris during the next 1000 years (-1.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 48m 27s
-61° 58’ 15”
16h 49m 49s
23h 38m 16s

J2000

06h 48m 11s
-61° 56’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

271.92°
-24.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Pictoris (alpha Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.27
Sub-giant

0.86
A7IV
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where α Pictoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of α Pictoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Pictoris is distant 98.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

30.34
98.91
21 km/s
-0.069 arcsec/y
0.269"/y

Alternative Designations

α Pictoris
(alpha Pictoris)
SAO249647
SAO249647

Visibility from Your Location

α Pictoris (alpha Pictoris) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK