Best Pictor
Beta Pictoris is a young, A-type main-sequence star located approximately 63 light-years from Earth in the constellation Pictor. It was the first star to be imaged with a surrounding circumstellar debris disk, a finding confirmed in 1984. The system is of significant interest to astronomers because...
Kapteyn's Star is a nearby red subdwarf in the constellation Pictor, about 12.8 light-years from Earth. Named for Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn, it has one of the largest known proper motions, so its position against more distant stars changes noticeably over time. Its low metallicity and retrogr...
Alpha Pictoris is the brightest star in the southern constellation Pictor. It is a white A-type main-sequence star with an apparent visual magnitude of about 3.3, making it visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere. The system is roughly 97 light-years from the Sun and is classified as...
A biconical reflection nebula in Carina surrounding the evolved red giant HD 65750, named for its resemblance to a traditional toby jug ceramic drinking vessel.
