Mythology
A Lacaille creation originally representing a painter's easel. No classical mythology.
Observing Highlights
Notable for Beta Pictoris, a young star with a famous debris disk — one of the first directly imaged exoplanetary systems.
Main Stars
20
Main Stars
20HIP 32607; Alpha Pic
3.27 mag
A8Vn kA6
HIP 27321; Beta Pic
3.85 mag
0.2″
B: 12.6
A5 V
HIP 27530; Gamma Pic
4.51 mag
K1III
HIP 29276; Delta Pic
4.81 mag
4.65 - 4.9
EB/D
B3III+O9V
5.03 mag
K5III
5.05 mag
K2-3III
5.17 mag
G8III
5.22 mag
K0III
5.29 mag
F0VDel Del
HIP 21914; Lambda Pic
5.31 mag
K0-1III
5.31 mag
40.0″
B: 12.5
K0-1II
5.38 mag
12.6″
B: 13.0
F2V
HIP 24829; Zeta Pic
5.45 mag
F7III-IV
5.46 mag
30.9″
B: 11.1
G3IV
5.61 mag
12.3″
B: 6.2
F0IV
HIP 30342; Nu Pic
5.61 mag
Am
5.67 mag
Am
HIP 31137; Mu Pic
5.70 mag
2.5″
B: 9.3
B9Ve
5.80 mag
A0V
5.81 mag
G8II
Double Stars
12
Double Stars
12
6.45 mag
55.6″
B: 7.6
K5-M0III
5.61 mag
12.3″
B: 6.2
F0IV
6.42 mag
12.3″
B: 6.2
F4V:
6.43 mag
32.5″
B: 7.6
G0V
6.43 mag
59.3″
B: 10.4
F8V
HIP 31137; Mu Pic
5.70 mag
2.5″
B: 9.3
B9Ve
5.38 mag
12.6″
B: 13.0
F2V
5.31 mag
40.0″
B: 12.5
K0-1II
5.46 mag
30.9″
B: 11.1
G3IV
6.18 mag
0.9″
B: 8.8
G1-2V
6.27 mag
0.6″
B: 11.5
M1III
6.11 mag
0.7″
F7III-IV
Variable Stars
1
Variable Stars
1HIP 29276; Delta Pic
4.81 mag
4.65 - 4.9
EB/D
B3III+O9V
Deep Sky Objects
19
Deep Sky Objects
19
Galaxy
(18)
— mag
1.3
SBbc
— mag
1.1
SBbc
— mag
1.1
SBa
— mag
2.0
SBm
— mag
1.3
SBa
— mag
1.5
Sa
— mag
1.1
SBa
— mag
1.6
Sbc
— mag
SBc
— mag
Sc
— mag
Sb
— mag
1.9
IB
12.3 mag
1.8
E-S0
— mag
1.2
— mag
1.0
E
— mag
1.4
E-S0
— mag
S0-a
— mag
E-S0
Unknown
(1)
— mag