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θ Pictoris (theta Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -78.93°   Az: 258.74°   Direction: West-South-West

θ Pictoris is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Pictor.

θ Pictoris visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, θ 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 θ Pictoris (theta Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of θ Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Pictoris during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 25m 20s
-52° 17’ 42”
10h 48m 14s
16h 13m 34s

J2000

05h 24m 46s
-52° 18’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

259.56°
-34.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Pictoris (theta Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Hypergiant

0.20
A0V
9328K

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

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

Star System Properties

θ Pictoris is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the θ Pictoris double sysyem:

6.27
6.77
0.5
38.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Pictoris is distant 533.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

163.67
533.55
-3 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Pictoris
(theta Pictoris)
SAO233965
SAO233965

Visibility from Your Location

θ Pictoris (theta Pictoris) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK