Pictor

Summary

Pictor is a constellation^[1]. Pictor draws 90 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #75 of 85).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pictor is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille^[3].
• Pictor's image is recorded as Constellation Pictor.jpg^[4].
• Pictor's instance of is recorded as constellation^[5].
• Pictor's shares border with is recorded as Caelum^[6].
• Pictor's shares border with is recorded as Carina^[7].
• Pictor's shares border with is recorded as Columba^[8].
• Pictor's shares border with is recorded as Dorado^[9].
• Pictor's shares border with is recorded as Puppis^[10].
• Pictor's shares border with is recorded as Volans^[11].
• easel is named after Pictor^[12].
• Pictor's locator map image is recorded as Pictor constellation map.svg^[13].
• Pictor's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere^[14].
• Pictor's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Pictor symbol (Moskowitz, variable width).svg^[15].
• Pictor's Commons category is recorded as Pictor (constellation)^[16].
• Pictor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1756-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Pictor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f17j^[18].
• Pictor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pictor^[19].
• Pictor's Commons gallery is recorded as Pictor^[20].
• Pictor's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[21].
• Pictor's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Pictor^[22].
• Pictor's topic has template is recorded as Template:Stars of Pictor^[23].
• Pictor's topic has template is recorded as Q10729077^[24].
• Pictor's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Pictor'}^[25].
• Pictor's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Pic'}^[26].
• Pictor's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q254532', 'amount': '+247'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Pictor's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere^[14].

Physical Characteristics

Pictor's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q254532', 'amount': '+247'}^[27].

Designation and Status

Pictor's instance of is recorded as constellation^[5].

History and Context

easel is named after Pictor^[12].

Why It Matters

Pictor draws 90 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #75 of 85).^[2] Pictor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Pictor is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]