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TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:31 
Transit: 12:01 
Sunset: 18:30
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μ Pictoris (mu Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:59 | Tran: 11:06 | Set: 15:10
Alt: -9.73°   Az: 211.37°   Direction: South-South-West

μ Pictoris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pictor.

μ Pictoris visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, μ 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 μ Pictoris (mu Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of μ Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Pictoris during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 32m 21s
-58° 46’ 26”
05h 27m 08s
11h 59m 29s

J2000

06h 31m 58s
-58° 45’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

268.03°
-25.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Pictoris (mu Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Main-sequence

-1.03
B9V
10941K

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

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

Star System Properties

μ Pictoris is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the μ Pictoris double sysyem:

5.7
8.9
3.2
2.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Pictoris is distant 724.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

222.22
724.44
2 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Pictoris
(mu Pictoris)
SAO234564
SAO234564

Visibility from Your Location

Today's μ Pictoris (mu Pictoris) rise, transit and set times from Malasin, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 148.8°
Max altitude: 14.9°
Azimuth: 211.2°