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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
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κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -60.00°   Az: 119.34°   Direction: East-South-East

κ Pictoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Pictor.

κ Pictoris visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, κ Pictoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of κ Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Pictoris during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 22m 50s
-56° 06’ 41”
15h 25m 42s
20h 48m 32s

J2000

05h 22m 22s
-56° 08’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

264.19°
-34.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Main-sequence

-0.70
B8V
11573K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Pictoris is distant 749.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

229.89
749.43
-5 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Pictoris
(kappa Pictoris)
SAO233952
SAO233952

Visibility from Your Location

κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK