Astronomy:List of stars in Pictor

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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Pictor, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B	Var	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
α Pic	α		50241	32607	06h 48m 11.54s	−61° 56′ 31.1″	3.30	0.83	99	A7IV
β Pic	β		39060	27321	05h 47m 17.08s	−51° 04′ 00.2″	3.85	2.42	63	A5V	δ Sct variable, Vmax = 3.80m, Vmin = 3.86m, P = 0.026260 d; has a protoplanetary disk and has two planets (b & c)
γ Pic	γ		39523	27530	05h 49m 49.58s	−56° 09′ 59.4″	4.50	0.87	174	K1III
δ Pic	δ		42933	29276	06h 10m 17.91s	−54° 58′ 07.2″	4.72	−3.81	1655	B0.5IV	β Lyr variable, Vmax = 4.65m, Vmin = 4.9m, P = 1.672541 d
HD 42540			42540	28991	06h 07m 03.36s	−62° 09′ 15.9″	5.04	−0.37	394	K2/K3III	47 G. Pic or μ Dor
η2 Pic	η2		33042	23649	05h 04m 57.95s	−49° 34′ 40.2″	5.05	−0.76	474	M2IIIvar	suspected variable, Vmax = 5.00m, Vmin = 5.1m
HD 39640			39640	27621	05h 50m 53.22s	−52° 06′ 31.3″	5.16	0.61	264	G8III
HD 46355			46355	30932	06h 29m 28.54s	−56° 51′ 10.2″	5.20	0.29	312	K0III
HD 40292			40292	27947	05h 54m 50.11s	−52° 38′ 09.9″	5.29	2.58	114	F0Ve...
λ Pic	λ		30185	21914	04h 42m 46.46s	−50° 28′ 53.1″	5.30	0.19	343	K0/K1III
HD 38871			38871	27243	05h 46m 27.37s	−46° 35′ 50.0″	5.31	−0.44	460	K0/K1II
η1 Pic	η1		32743	23482	05h 02m 48.73s	−49° 09′ 05.3″	5.37	3.28	85	F2V
ζ Pic	ζ		35072	24829	05h 19m 22.11s	−50° 36′ 23.5″	5.44	2.65	118	F7III-IV
HD 36553			36553	25768	05h 30m 09.46s	−47° 04′ 38.4″	5.46	2.26	143	G3IV
ι Pic A	ι		31203	22531	04h 50m 55.39s	−53° 27′ 42.2″	5.58	2.73	121	F0IV...
ν Pic	ν		45229	30342	06h 22m 55.87s	−56° 22′ 11.7″	5.60	2.09	164	Am
HD 41214			41214	28484	06h 00m 49.20s	−51° 12′ 59.6″	5.65	1.65	206	A1m...
μ Pic	μ		46860	31137	06h 31m 58.31s	−58° 45′ 13.8″	5.69	−1.04	724	B9V	suspected variable
HD 45557			45557	30463	06h 24m 13.88s	−60° 16′ 53.0″	5.78	1.06	287	A0V
HD 40733			40733	28287	05h 58m 37.56s	−44° 02′ 04.5″	5.81	−2.13	1264	G8II
HD 45984			45984	30703	06h 27m 04.14s	−58° 00′ 07.6″	5.82	−0.53	606	K3III
HD 36734			36734	25887	05h 31m 35.99s	−45° 55′ 31.5″	5.86	0.07	468	K3III
HD 39937			39937	27737	05h 52m 20.18s	−57° 09′ 21.6″	5.93	0.41	415	F7IV
HD 34347			34347	24384	05h 13m 53.33s	−52° 01′ 50.6″	6.03	−0.63	701	K3III
HD 35765			35765	25317	05h 24m 55.58s	−44° 13′ 32.5″	6.09	0.03	532	K1III
κ Pic	κ		35580	25098	05h 22m 22.15s	−56° 08′ 04.0″	6.10	−0.71	749	B8/B9V
TX Pic		TX	37434	26300	05h 36m 02.85s	−47° 18′ 49.4″	6.10	0.08	522	K2III	RS CVn variable, Vmax = 6.08m, Vmin = 6.12m
HD 40200			40200	27937	05h 54m 41.12s	−49° 37′ 37.4″	6.11	−1.53	1101	B3V
HD 50571			50571	32775	06h 50m 01.01s	−60° 14′ 57.9″	6.11	3.51	108	F7III-IV	has a planet (b)
AE Pic		AE	46792	31068	06h 31m 10.65s	−61° 52′ 46.5″	6.15	−1.58	1148	B3V	β Lyr variable
HD 39110			39110	27317	05h 47m 13.33s	−54° 21′ 38.6″	6.19	−1.68	1221	K3III
AK Pic		AK	48189	31711	06h 38m 00.42s	−61° 32′ 00.8″	6.18	4.47	71	G1/G2V	T Tau star, ΔV = 0.05m, P = 2.60 d
HD 33116			33116	23653	05h 05m 00.61s	−54° 24′ 26.7″	6.26	−0.40	700	M2III	semiregular variable
θ Pic	θ		35860	25303	05h 24m 46.29s	−52° 18′ 58.2″	6.26	0.19	534	A0V
HD 45796			45796	30524	06h 24m 55.81s	−63° 49′ 41.4″	6.26	−0.43	710	B6V	suspected variable
HD 45461			45461	30352	06h 23m 01.48s	−63° 40′ 59.4″	6.30	−1.28	1069	M1III
HD 39547			39547	27583	05h 50m 28.83s	−52° 46′ 04.5″	6.32	−0.84	883	K0/K1III
R Pic		R	30551	22170	04h 46m 09.55s	−49° 14′ 45.1″	6.35		6700	M2.5:IIe	semiregular variable, Vmax = 6.35m, Vmin = 10.1m, P = 168 d
HD 38458			38458	27001	05h 43m 41.12s	−45° 49′ 59.2″	6.38	1.82	266	F0IIIn	suspected variable, named ε by Lacaille but dropped by Gould
HD 39312			39312	27512	05h 49m 34.13s	−44° 52′ 31.5″	6.38	−1.79	1405	K1III
ι Pic B	ι		31204	22534	04h 50m 56.58s	−53° 27′ 35.7″	6.42	3.89	105	F0IV
HD 37226			37226	26079	05h 33m 44.30s	−54° 54′ 08.3″	6.42	2.67	183	F8V
HD 37781			37781	26515	05h 38m 17.42s	−50° 38′ 27.7″	6.43	0.41	522	A0V
HD 44120			44120	29788	06h 16m 18.84s	−59° 12′ 45.8″	6.44	3.64	119	G1V
SW Pic		SW	41586	28596	06h 02m 09.32s	−60° 05′ 48.7″	6.45	−0.61	825	M4III	semiregular variable, ΔV = 0.12m
HD 29805			29805	21666	04h 39m 04.29s	−51° 40′ 22.1″	6.45	−0.07	656	K2III
HD 45701			45701	30480	06h 24m 26.57s	−63° 25′ 43.1″	6.45	3.94	104	G3III/IV
HD 45450			45450	30423	06h 23m 46.92s	−58° 32′ 38.2″	6.47	1.52	319	A3V
HD 34587			34587	24520	05h 15m 38.80s	−52° 10′ 56.0″	6.48	−0.62	856	K2III
HD 40665			40665	28180	05h 57m 14.36s	−53° 25′ 32.5″	6.48	−0.24	720	K5/M0III
S Pic		S	33894	24126	05h 10m 57.25s	−48° 30′ 25.45″	6.50		1330	M7e	Mira variable, Vmax = 6.5m, Vmin = 14.0m, P = 422 d
HD 33331		TU	33331	23833	05h 07m 25.93s	−44° 49′ 18.0″	6.93		964	B5III	slowly pulsating B star, ΔV = 0.03m, P = 1.14686 d
HD 40307			40307	27887	05h 54m 04.24s	−60° 01′ 24.4″	7.17	6.63	42	K2.5V	has six planets (b, c, d, e, f and g)
TV Pic		TV	30861	22370	04h 48m 57.47s	−47° 08′ 04.3″	7.44		634	A2V	rotating ellipsoidal variable, Vmax = 7.37m, Vmin = 7.53m, P = 0.851994 d
HD 41004			41004	28393	05h 59m 49.65s	−48° 14′ 22.9″	8.65	5.48	140	K1V+M2	double star, has a planet (Ab) and a brown dwarf (Bb)
HD 41248			41248	28460	06h 00m 33.0s	−56° 09′ 43″	8.82		171	G2V	has two planets (b and c)
Kapteyn's Star		VZ	33793	24186	05h 11m 40.58s	−45° 01′ 26.3″	8.89	10.92	13	M1V	nearest halo star; BY Dra variable; has two planets (b and c)
AB Pic		AB	44627	30034	06h 19m 12.91s	−58° 03′ 15.5″	9.21	5.87	148	K2V	T Tau star, ΔV = 0.045m, P = 3.853 d has a planet or a brown dwarf (b)
RR Pic		RR		31481	06h 35m 36.06s	−62° 38′ 24.3″	12.50				nova, Vmax = 1.0m, Vmin = 12.65m, P = 0.145025 d
TW Pic		TW			05h 34m 50.58s	−58° 01′ 40.7″					nova-like star
PSR J0437-4715					04h 37m 15.81s	−47° 15′ 08.6″			509.8		closest known millisecond pulsar
WISE 0647-6232					06h 47m 23.23s	−62° 32′ 39.7″				Y1	brown dwarf
Table legend:  • Name = Proper name.  • B = Bayer designation.  • F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation  • Var = Variable star designation  • HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number  • HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number  • RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox (celestial coordinates)|Equinox J2000.0]]  • Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0  • vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or mv), also known as apparent magnitude  • abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (Mv)  • Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth  • Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system  • Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

See also

• List of stars by constellation

References

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• Gould, B. A.. "Uranometria Argentina". Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032716/http://www.uranometriaargentina.com/. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
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