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Beta Pictoris

star in the constellation Pictor
Place a_type_main_sequence_star Q582547

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
A-type main sequence star, high proper-motion star, sub-millimetric source, infrared source, near-infrared source, ultraviolet source, peculiar star, Mid-infrared source[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Part of
Beta Pictoris moving group[18]
Absolute magnitude
+2.42[46]
Age estimated by a dating method
+0.04
Apparent magnitude
3.48 (3.48–4.13, n=9)[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Catalog code
2MASS J05471708-5103594, GSC 08099-01392, HD 39060, HIP 27321, HR 2020, IRAS 05460-5104, SAO 234134, GJ 219, GJ 219.0, β Pic, CPC 0 3123, GC 7287, GCRV 3614, HIC 27321, JP11 1271, PLX 1339, PLX 1339.00, PPM 334622, PSCz P05460-5104, ROT 934, TD1 5440, TYC 8099-1392-1, UBV 5954, uvby98 100039060, [DML87] 189, Gaia DR2 4792774797545105664, WEB 5372, Gaia DR3 4792774797545800832, TIC 270577175, UBV M 11539, Renson 10480, GEN# +1.00039060, SKY# 9519, AKARI-IRC-V1 J0547170-510359, WISE J054717.01-510357.5, WISEA J054717.10-510358.4[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Child astronomical body
Beta Pictoris b, Beta Pictoris c[19][20]
Constellation
Pictor[9]
Declination
-51.06650977652
Declination component of proper motion
83 (82–84, n=6)
Diameter
+954000, +1910000
Distance from Earth
19.3 (19.3–19.8, n=5)
Effective temperature
7.9k (7.1k–8.2k, n=7)
Epoch
J2000.0
Has part(s)
circumstellar disk[21]
Luminosity
+9.261668[47]
Mass
+1.75, +1.73[48][49]
Metallicity
-0.3739, -0.0174
Parallax
50.9 (50.6–60.1, n=6)
Radial velocity
20.4 (16.5–28, n=8)
Radius
+1.8, +2.0116005[50]
Right ascension
+86.82119802442
Right ascension component of proper motion
2 (2–5.16, n=6)
Spectral class
A6V, A4V, A5IV_sh, A5V, A5m, A5IVp, A3V, A3[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
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Stellar rotational velocity
130 (104–140, n=11)
Surface gravity
16k (14k–17k, n=3)
Type of variable star
Delta Scuti variable[36]
🏷️ Also known as
en β Pic en β Pictoris en Beta Pictoris en bet Pic en B Pic en B Pictoris en CNS5 1437 en GJ 219 en GJ 219.0 en GSC 08099-01392 en HD 39060 en HIC 27321 en HIP 27321 en HR 2020 en IRAS 05460-5104 en PLX 1339 en PLX 1339.00 en PPM 334622 en PSCz P05460-5104 en Renson 10480
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Around Beta Pictoris (cropped).jpg ↗
ARICNS
00467
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
18040816p
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Beta-Pictoris
Freebase ID
/m/0306s1
Gaia ID
4792774797545800832
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778898251
NASA Exoplanet Archive ID
bet Pic
Namuwiki ID
화가자리 베타
SIMBAD ID
* bet Pic
Topic's main category
Category:Beta Pictoris

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🔗 Connections
Child astronomical body 2
Beta Pictoris b, Beta Pictoris c
← Parent astronomical body 2
Beta Pictoris b, Beta Pictoris c
Constellation 1
Pictor
Epoch 1
J2000.0
Has part(s) 1
circumstellar disk
Instance of 1
A-type star
Part of 1
Beta Pictoris moving group
Type of variable star 1
Delta Scuti variable
← FactGrid item ID 1
Chyki-Dębiaki
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Summary

Beta Pictoris is an A-type main sequence star[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . General catalogue of AP and AM stars. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: Spectroscopy of Stars Earlier than M0 within 40 pc--The Southern Sample. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . A spectroscopic survey for lambda Bootis stars. II. The observational data. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Spectral types and rotational velocities of the brighter Be stars and A-F type shell stars. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Catalogue of two dimentional spectral types for the HD stars, Vol. 2. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Spectral classification from the ultraviolet line features of S2/68 spectra. IV. Late-type stars. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Some interesting bright southern stars of early type. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Fundamental data for Southern stars (4th list). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . VizieR Online Data Catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue and Extension, published in Ann. Harvard Obs. 91-100 (1918-1925). wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . A circumstellar disk around Beta pictoris. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 3. wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system. wikidata.org.
  45. [46] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [47] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  47. [48] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  48. [49] ↑ . A probable giant planet imaged in the {beta} Pictoris disk. VLT/NaCo deep L'-band imaging. wikidata.org.
  49. [50] ↑ . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · 惑星矮星 · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parallax → {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+50.6231'}, {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+60.1'}, {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+51.44'} +3
    Topic's main category → Category:Beta Pictoris
    Has part(s) → circumstellar disk
    Radial velocity → {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+20.0'}, {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+28.0'}, {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+20.00'} +5
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