PICTOR
(Abbreviation:
Pic)
An unremarkable constellation near Canopus, known originally under the cumbersome name of Equuleus Pictoris (the Painter’s Easel). There are two stars above the fourth magnitude.
BRIGHTEST
STARS
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
MAG. |
ABS.MAG. |
SPEC |
DIST.PC | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | |||||
|
b |
05 |
47 |
17.1 |
-51 |
03 |
59 |
3.85 |
0.3 |
A5 |
24 |
|
g |
05 |
49 |
49.6 |
-56 |
10 |
00 |
4.51 |
0.0 |
K1 |
80 |
|
d |
06 |
10 |
17.9 |
-54 |
58 |
58 |
var |
|
B1 |
|
|
a |
06 |
48 |
11.4 |
-56 |
56 |
56 |
3.27 |
2.1 |
A5 |
16 |
DOUBLES
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
MAGS. |
P.A. |
DIST.” | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | ||||
|
i |
04 |
50 |
56.3 |
-53 |
27 |
35 |
5.6,6.4 |
058 |
12.0
FIXED |
|
m |
06 |
31 |
58.4 |
-58 |
45 |
15 |
5.8,9.3 |
231 |
2.4
FIXED |
VARIABLES
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
RANGE |
PERIOD,D |
SPEC |
TYPE | ||
|
H |
M |
o |
‘ | |||||
|
R |
04 |
44.8 |
-49 |
20 |
6.7---10.0 |
171 |
M |
SEMI-REGULAR |
|
S |
05 |
09.8 |
-48 |
34 |
7.2---14.0 |
427 |
M |
MIRA |
|
T |
05 |
13.7 |
-46 |
58 |
8.0---14.0 |
201 |
M |
MIRA |
|
d |
06 |
10.3 |
-54 |
58 |
4.66---4.89 |
1.673 |
B1 |
BETA LYRÆ
TYPE |
THE BRIGHT NOVA RR PICTORIS (1925) WAS IN THIS CONSTELLATION.
