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ζ Pictoris (zeta Pictoris)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -12.63°   Az: 188.23°   Direction: South

ζ Pictoris is a giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Pictor.

ζ Pictoris visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, ζ 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 ζ Pictoris (zeta Pictoris) star
DSS2 image of ζ Pictoris. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Pictoris during the next 1000 years (0.47 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 19m 59s
-50° 34’ 52”
00h 50m 50s
06h 10m 50s

J2000

05h 19m 22s
-50° 36’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

257.47°
-34.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Pictoris (zeta Pictoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Giant

2.66
F7III
6344K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Pictoris is distant 117.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

36.10
117.69
45 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
0.224"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Pictoris
(zeta Pictoris)
SAO233926
SAO233926

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Pictoris (zeta Pictoris) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK