β Pictoris (beta Pictoris)

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -71.04° Az: 259.22° Direction: 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

Right Ascension 05h 47m 52s

Declination -51° 03’ 32”

Hour Angle 09h 57m 54s

Sideral Time 15h 45m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 47m 17s

Declination -51° 03’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 258.37°

Galactic Latitude -30.61°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for β Pictoris (beta Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.85

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.42

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature 8403K

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

Distance (parsec) 19.28

Distance (light year) 62.85

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation β Pictoris
(beta Pictoris)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD39060

SAO Catalogue SAO234134

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27321

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-51 1620

Gliese Catalogue Gl 219

Visibility from Your Location

β Pictoris (beta Pictoris) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

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