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

Dist. (ly)

Notes

α

50241

32607

06^h 48^m 11.54^s

−61° 56′ 31.1″

3.30

0.83

99

A7IV

β Pic

β

39060

27321

05^h 47^m 17.08^s

−51° 04′ 00.2″

3.85

2.42

63

A5V

δ Sct variable, V_max = 3.80^m, V_min = 3.86^m, P = 0.026260 d; has a protoplanetary disk and has two planets (b & c)

γ Pic

γ

39523

27530

05^h 49^m 49.58^s

−56° 09′ 59.4″

4.50

0.87

174

K1III

δ Pic

δ

42933

29276

06^h 10^m 17.91^s

−54° 58′ 07.2″

4.72

−3.81

1655

B0.5IV

β Lyr variable, V_max = 4.65^m, V_min = 4.9^m, P = 1.672541 d

HD 42540

42540

28991

06^h 07^m 03.36^s

−62° 09′ 15.9″

5.04

−0.37

394

K2/K3III

47 G. Pic or μ Dor

η² Pic

η²

33042

23649

05^h 04^m 57.95^s

−49° 34′ 40.2″

5.05

−0.76

474

M2IIIvar

suspected variable, V_max = 5.00^m, V_min = 5.1^m

HD 39640

39640

27621

05^h 50^m 53.22^s

−52° 06′ 31.3″

5.16

0.61

264

G8III

HD 46355

46355

30932

06^h 29^m 28.54^s

−56° 51′ 10.2″

5.20

0.29

312

K0III

HD 40292

40292

27947

05^h 54^m 50.11^s

−52° 38′ 09.9″

5.29

2.58

114

F0Ve...

λ Pic

λ

30185

21914

04^h 42^m 46.46^s

−50° 28′ 53.1″

5.30

0.19

343

K0/K1III

HD 38871

38871

27243

05^h 46^m 27.37^s

−46° 35′ 50.0″

5.31

−0.44

460

K0/K1II

η¹ Pic

η¹

32743

23482

05^h 02^m 48.73^s

−49° 09′ 05.3″

5.37

3.28

85

F2V

ζ Pic

ζ

35072

24829

05^h 19^m 22.11^s

−50° 36′ 23.5″

5.44

2.65

118

F7III-IV

HD 36553

36553

25768

05^h 30^m 09.46^s

−47° 04′ 38.4″

5.46

2.26

143

G3IV

ι Pic A

ι

31203

22531

04^h 50^m 55.39^s

−53° 27′ 42.2″

5.58

2.73

121

F0IV...

ν Pic

ν

45229

30342

06^h 22^m 55.87^s

−56° 22′ 11.7″

5.60

2.09

164

Am

HD 41214

41214

28484

06^h 00^m 49.20^s

−51° 12′ 59.6″

5.65

1.65

206

A1m...

μ Pic

μ

46860

31137

06^h 31^m 58.31^s

−58° 45′ 13.8″

5.69

−1.04

724

B9V

suspected variable

HD 45557

45557

30463

06^h 24^m 13.88^s

−60° 16′ 53.0″

5.78

1.06

287

A0V

HD 40733

40733

28287

05^h 58^m 37.56^s

−44° 02′ 04.5″

5.81

−2.13

1264

G8II

HD 45984

45984

30703

06^h 27^m 04.14^s

−58° 00′ 07.6″

5.82

−0.53

606

K3III

HD 36734

36734

25887

05^h 31^m 35.99^s

−45° 55′ 31.5″

5.86

0.07

468

K3III

HD 39937

39937

27737

05^h 52^m 20.18^s

−57° 09′ 21.6″

5.93

0.41

415

F7IV

HD 34347

34347

24384

05^h 13^m 53.33^s

−52° 01′ 50.6″

6.03

−0.63

701

K3III

HD 35765

35765

25317

05^h 24^m 55.58^s

−44° 13′ 32.5″

6.09

0.03

532

K1III

κ Pic

κ

35580

25098

05^h 22^m 22.15^s

−56° 08′ 04.0″

6.10

−0.71

749

B8/B9V

TX Pic

TX

37434

26300

05^h 36^m 02.85^s

−47° 18′ 49.4″

6.10

0.08

522

K2III

RS CVn variable, V_max = 6.08^m, V_min = 6.12^m

HD 40200

40200

27937

05^h 54^m 41.12^s

−49° 37′ 37.4″

6.11

−1.53

1101

B3V

HD 50571

50571

32775

06^h 50^m 01.01^s

−60° 14′ 57.9″

6.11

3.51

108

F7III-IV

has a planet (b)

AE Pic

AE

46792

31068

06^h 31^m 10.65^s

−61° 52′ 46.5″

6.15

−1.58

1148

B3V

β Lyr variable

HD 39110

39110

27317

05^h 47^m 13.33^s

−54° 21′ 38.6″

6.19

−1.68

1221

K3III

AK Pic

AK

48189

31711

06^h 38^m 00.42^s

−61° 32′ 00.8″

6.18

4.47

71

G1/G2V

T Tau star, ΔV = 0.05^m, P = 2.60 d

HD 33116

33116

23653

05^h 05^m 00.61^s

−54° 24′ 26.7″

6.26

−0.40

700

M2III

semiregular variable

θ Pic

θ

35860

25303

05^h 24^m 46.29^s

−52° 18′ 58.2″

6.26

0.19

534

A0V

HD 45796

45796

30524

06^h 24^m 55.81^s

−63° 49′ 41.4″

6.26

−0.43

710

B6V

suspected variable

HD 45461

45461

30352

06^h 23^m 01.48^s

−63° 40′ 59.4″

6.30

−1.28

1069

M1III

HD 39547

39547

27583

05^h 50^m 28.83^s

−52° 46′ 04.5″

6.32

−0.84

883

K0/K1III

R Pic

R

30551

22170

04^h 46^m 09.55^s

−49° 14′ 45.1″

6.35

6700

M2.5:IIe

semiregular variable, V_max = 6.35^m, V_min = 10.1^m, P = 168 d

HD 38458

ε

38458

27001

05^h 43^m 41.12^s

−45° 49′ 59.2″

6.38

1.82

266

F0IIIn

suspected variable, named ε by Lacaille but dropped by Gould

HD 39312

39312

27512

05^h 49^m 34.13^s

−44° 52′ 31.5″

6.38

−1.79

1405

K1III

ι Pic B

ι

31204

22534

04^h 50^m 56.58^s

−53° 27′ 35.7″

6.42

3.89

105

F0IV

HD 37226

37226

26079

05^h 33^m 44.30^s

−54° 54′ 08.3″

6.42

2.67

183

F8V

HD 37781

37781

26515

05^h 38^m 17.42^s

−50° 38′ 27.7″

6.43

0.41

522

A0V

HD 44120

44120

29788

06^h 16^m 18.84^s

−59° 12′ 45.8″

6.44

3.64

119

G1V

SW Pic

SW

41586

28596

06^h 02^m 09.32^s

−60° 05′ 48.7″

6.45

−0.61

825

M4III

semiregular variable, ΔV = 0.12^m

HD 29805

29805

21666

04^h 39^m 04.29^s

−51° 40′ 22.1″

6.45

−0.07

656

K2III

HD 45701

45701

30480

06^h 24^m 26.57^s

−63° 25′ 43.1″

6.45

3.94

104

G3III/IV

HD 45450

45450

30423

06^h 23^m 46.92^s

−58° 32′ 38.2″

6.47

1.52

319

A3V

HD 34587

34587

24520

05^h 15^m 38.80^s

−52° 10′ 56.0″

6.48

−0.62

856

K2III

HD 40665

40665

28180

05^h 57^m 14.36^s

−53° 25′ 32.5″

6.48

−0.24

720

K5/M0III

S Pic

S

33894

24126

05^h 10^m 57.25^s

−48° 30′ 25.45″

6.50

1330

M7e

Mira variable, V_max = 6.5^m, V_min = 14.0^m, P = 422 d

HD 33331

TU

33331

23833

05^h 07^m 25.93^s

−44° 49′ 18.0″

6.93

964

B5III

slowly pulsating B star, ΔV = 0.03^m, P = 1.14686 d

HD 40307

40307

27887

05^h 54^m 04.24^s

−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

04^h 48^m 57.47^s

−47° 08′ 04.3″

7.44

634

A2V

rotating ellipsoidal variable, V_max = 7.37^m, V_min = 7.53^m, P = 0.851994 d

HD 41004

41004

28393

05^h 59^m 49.65^s

−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

06^h 00^m 33.0^s

−56° 09′ 43″

8.82

171

G2V

has two planets (b and c)

Kapteyn's Star

VZ

33793

24186

05^h 11^m 40.58^s

−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

06^h 19^m 12.91^s

−58° 03′ 15.5″

9.21

5.87

148

K2V

T Tau star, ΔV = 0.045^m, P = 3.853 d has a planet or a brown dwarf (b)

RR Pic

RR

31481

06^h 35^m 36.06^s

−62° 38′ 24.3″

12.50

nova, V_max = 1.0^m, V_min = 12.65^m, P = 0.145025 d

TW Pic

TW

05^h 34^m 50.58^s

−58° 01′ 40.7″

nova-like star

PSR J0437-4715

04^h 37^m 15.81^s

−47° 15′ 08.6″

509.8

closest known millisecond pulsar

WISE 0647-6232

06^h 47^m 23.23^s

−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 m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• 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.]

References

ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?I/239. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Kostjuk, N. D. (2002). "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index". http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?IV/27. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Roman, N. G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation from a Position". http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?VI/42. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
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.
"AAVSO Website". American Association of Variable Star Observers. http://www.aavso.org. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

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v t e Stars of Pictor
Bayer	α β γ δ ζ η¹ η² θ ι κ λ μ ν
Variable	R S RR SW TU TV TW TX AB AE AK
HR	1498 1667 1727 1742 1813 1856 1860 1912 1984 2008 2023 2032 2044 2049 2072 2089 2094 2114 2117 2138 2196 2274 2336 2337 2345 2354 2360 2369 2389 2562
HD	37781 40307 41004 41248
Other	EBLM J0555-57 Kapteyn's Star (VZ) 2MASS J05332802−4257205 PSR J0437−4715 WISE 0647−6232
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List of stars in Pictor

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