Coronagraphic image of AB Pictoris showing its tiny companion (bottom left). The data was obtained on 16 March 2003 with NACO on the VLT, using a 1.4 arcsec occulting mask on top of AB Pictoris.
AB Pic, CD−58 1409, CPD−58 670, HD 44627A, 44627, HIP 30034, SAO 234448, PPM 335089[9]
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AB Pictoris (abbreviated AB Pic, also catalogued as HD 44627) is a K-type main-sequence star, located 163.5 light-years away in the southern constellation of Pictor.[1] It has been identified as a member of the young (30 million years old) Tucana–Horologium association.[10] The star has been classified as a BY Draconis variable,[3] indicating it has an active chromosphere. It is an X-ray source and displays emission lines in its spectrum.[11][2]
In 2005 it was announced that an astronomical object (AB Pictoris b, abbreviated AB Pic b) had been imaged in 2003 and 2004 close to and apparently in orbit around the star. Its mass suggests that it is at the borderline between being a brown dwarf or a planet.[12]
A visual band light curve for AB Pictoris. The main plot shows the long-term variability, and the inset plot shows the periodic variation. Adapted from Kiraga (2012)[13]
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^Inseok Song, B. Zuckerman; Bessell, M. S. (December 2003). "New Members of the TW Hydrae Association, β Pictoris Moving Group, and Tucana/Horologium Association". The Astrophysical Journal. 599 (1): 342–350. Bibcode:2003ApJ...599..342S. doi:10.1086/379194. S2CID 51833191..
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ABPictoris (abbreviated AB Pic, also catalogued as HD 44627) is a K-type main-sequence star, located 163.5 light-years away in the southern constellation...
Coronagraphic image of ABPictoris showing a companion (bottom left), which is either a brown dwarf or a massive planet. The data were obtained on 16...
1051/0004-6361/202345877. Wang; et al. (2016). "The Orbit and Transit Prospects for β Pictoris b Constrained with One Milliarcsecond Astrometry". The Astronomical Journal...
well as a common origin. This moving group is named for Beta Pictoris. The Beta Pictoris Moving Group is an important object for astronomical study as...
brightest star is Alpha Pictoris, a white main-sequence star around 97 light-years away from Earth. Pictor also hosts RR Pictoris, a cataclysmic variable...
η2 Pictoris, Latinised as Eta2 Pictoris, is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Pictor. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued...
η1 Pictoris, Latinised as Eta1 Pictoris, is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Pictor. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent...
κ Pictoris, Latinised as Kappa Pictoris, is a star in the constellation Pictor. It is close to the lower limit of stars that are visible to the naked...
Gaia spacecraft to Hipparcos data for the Beta Pictoris system was able to measure the mass of Beta Pictoris b, constraining it to 11±2 Jupiter masses. This...
Theta Pictoris (θ Pic) is a star in the Pictor constellation. Theta Pictoris is a multiple star system:[citation needed] AB: 7.0, 7.5; PA 152°, separation...
ζ Pictoris, Latinised as Zeta Pictoris, is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Pictor. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual...
ι Pictoris, Latinized from Iota Pictoris, is a suspected multiple star system in the southern Pictor constellation. It is visible to the naked eye as a...
(2017-04-01). "1 to 2.4 micron Near-IR spectrum of the Giant Planet $\beta$ Pictoris b obtained with the Gemini Planet Imager". The Astronomical Journal. 153...
λ Pictoris, Latinised as Lambda Pictoris, is a solitary, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Pictor. It is visible to the naked eye, having...
away. AK Pictoris is a member of the AB Doradus moving group, a group of stars with similar motions that are thought to be associated. AK Pictoris is a binary...
in orbit with a smaller companion, Polaris Ab; the pair is in a wider orbit with Polaris B. The outer pair AB were discovered in August 1779 by William...
JuMBOs are known outside the Orion Nebula, such as 2MASS J11193254–1137466 AB, 2MASS J1553022+153236AB, WISE 1828+2650, WISE J0336−0143 (could also be a...
and moving groups β Pictoris moving Group TW Hydrae association Ursa Major Moving Group Zuckerman, B.; Song, I. (2004). "The AB Doradus Moving Group"...
the southern constellation Microscopium and is a variable star. Like β Pictoris, AU Microscopii has a circumstellar disk of dust known as a debris disk...
Local Association (Pleiades moving group) AB Doradus moving group Alpha Persei moving cluster Beta Pictoris moving group Castor moving group Corona Australis...
dwarf. List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups β Pictoris moving group AB Doradus moving group Scorpius–Centaurus association Gagné, J.;...
Mizar, Merak, etc. Ursa Major 80 414 AB Doradus moving group AB Doradus Dorado 100 150 β Pictoris moving group β Pictoris Pictor 100 24 Carina-Near moving...
needed] List of nearby stellar associations and moving groups β Pictoris moving group AB Doradus moving group King, Jeremy R.; et al. (April 2003), "Stellar...
"HST/WFC3 Hα Direct-imaging Detection of a Pointlike Source in the Disk Cavity of AB Aur". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 934 (1): L13. arXiv:2207.06525. Bibcode:2022ApJ...
Leporis Star 3.29 Iota Draconis Star Suspected variable star 3.30 Alpha Pictoris Star 3.30 Beta Phoenicis Binary star system 3.30 Xi Puppis Triple star...
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