Pictor - Wikipedia Pictor is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere, located between the star Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud Its name is Latin for painter, and is an abbreviation of the older name Equuleus Pictoris (the "painter's easel") Normally represented as an easel, Pictor was named by Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the
Pictor | Constellation, Stars, Deep-Sky Objects | Britannica Pictor, constellation in the southern sky at about 6 hours right ascension and 60° south in declination Its brightest star is Alpha Pictoris, with a magnitude of 3 3 The second brighest star, Beta Pictoris, is notable for an encircling disk of debris that might contain planets
Pictor Constellation | Star Map Facts | Go Astronomy Covering an area of 247 square degrees, Pictor is the 59th largest constellation in the night sky The constellation Pictor is not home to any particularly bright stars Its brightest star, Alpha Pictoris, is a white main sequence star of spectral type A7V with an apparent magnitude of 3 3
Pictor Constellation - Key Facts, Star Map, Mythology - Astronomy Trek Pictor is a southern sky constellation that can be seen by observers located between +26° and -90° of latitude It is the 59th largest of the 88 recognized constellation, and is situated between the night sky’s second brightest star, Canopus in Carina , and the constellations of Dorado and Mensa in which can be seen a small separate galaxy
PICTOR: A free-to-use Radio Telescope PICTOR is an open-source radio telescope that allows anyone to observe the radio sky, using its convenient web platform for free
Pictor - noirlab. edu Pictor is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, located between the star Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud Pictor was first described by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1756
Pictor Constellation (the Easel): Stars, Story, Facts . . . Pictor constellation lies in the southern sky Its name is Latin for “painter,” but the constellation really represents the painter’s easel Pictor can be found between the bright star Canopus in Carina constellation and the Large Magellanic Cloud in Dorado and Mensa
Pictor Constellation - Universe Guide Pictor or the Easel is a southern hemisphere constellation The constellation contains the smallest star to be discovered so far and the first star to be theorised to have an orbiting exoplanet, later to be proved right
Constellation Pictor - The Constellations on Sea and Sky The constellation Pictor, the painter's easel, is located in the southern hemisphere of the sky It is completely visible in latitudes south of 26 degrees north from November through January It is best seen at northern latitudes in February