Pictor

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Template:Infobox Constellation Pictor, being Latin for easel, is one of the minor southern (declination -50 to -60) constellations. It contains the star β Pictoris that is surrounded by a dust disk.

1 History
2 Stars
3 See also
4 External links

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History

Since it was invented by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 17th Century, to fill space not visible to the Greeks, it has no pre-18th century mythology surrounding it.

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Stars

Stars with proper names:

Kapteyn's Star (HD 33793) 8.85 – nearby

Stars with Bayer designations:

α Pic 3.28; β Pic 3.85 – has a protoplanetary disk, possible planets; nearby; γ Pic 4.50; δ Pic 4.72; ζ Pic 5.44; θ Pic 6.26; η¹ Pic 5.37; η² Pic 5.05; ι Pic – double 5.58, 6.42; κ Pic 6.10; λ Pic 5.30; μ Pic 5.69; ν Pic 5.60

Stars with Flamsteed designations:

61 Pic 5.20

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