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| Abbreviation: Pic |
| English Name: The Painter’s Easel |
| Genitive: Pictoris |
| Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere (Never visible from the UK.) |
| Location: Between the constellations of Columba and Dorado. |
| Visible between latitudes: +26 and -90 degrees |
| Best season: Winter |
| Seen in three seasons: Autumn, Winter and Spring |
| Best seen in: January |
| Seen between: Late November and February |
| Right Ascension (RA): 04 hour |
| Declination (DEC): -45 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 247 (59th) |
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Pictor (The Painter’s Easel)
- It’s a small and faint constellation in the southern sky; located the bright star; Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
o - Four stars have been found to have extrasolar planets there.
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Messier Objects in Pictor
| No Messier objects in Pictor |
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More objects in Pictor
| Select Catalog | No of Objects |
| Barnard (B) | 0x object |
| Caldwell (C) | 0x object |
| Collinder (Cr) | 0x object |
| New General Catalogue (NGC) | 20x objects |
| Index Catalogue (IC) | 1x object |
| Sharpless (Sh2) | 0x object |
Features of Interest
- Beta Pictoris – Magnitude: +3.9, blue-white star that astronomers have found surrounded by a disc of dust, thought to be a planetary system in the early stages. (Likely, new solar system formation.)
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Named Stars
- Pictoris
- more list of stars in Pictor.
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IAU Sky Chart: Pictor
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
– never seen from the UK
| Apus | Ara | Caelum | Carina | Centaurus | Chameleon |
| Corona Australis | Crux | Dorado | Grus | Horologium | Hydrus |
| Indus | Mensa | Octans | Pavo | Phoenix | Pictor |
| Reticulum | Telescopium | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Vela | Volans |
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