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.
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
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris).
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
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Finder chart for κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris).
The red dot in the diagram below shows where κ Pictoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
κ Pictoris (kappa Pictoris) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK