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public  Şırnak, Turchia Şırnak, Turchia  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Istanbul
Sunrise: 4:54 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 19:33
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β Pictoris (beta Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:03 | Tran: 11:15 | Set: 12:27
Alt: -0.40°   Az: 192.77°   Direction: South-South-West

β Pictoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Pictor.

β Pictoris visual magnitude is 3.85. Because of its moderate brightness, β 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 β Pictoris (beta Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of β Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of β Pictoris during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 47m 53s
-51° 03’ 31”
01h 22m 19s
07h 10m 13s

J2000

05h 47m 17s
-51° 03’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

258.37°
-30.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Pictoris (beta Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.85
Main-sequence

2.42
A5V
8403K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Pictoris is distant 62.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

19.28
62.85
20 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

β Pictoris
(beta Pictoris)
SAO234134
SAO234134

Visibility from Your Location

Today's β Pictoris (beta Pictoris) rise, transit and set times from Şırnak, Turchia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Istanbul):

Azimuth: 141.1°
Max altitude: 1.4°
Azimuth: 218.9°