The Painter's Easel
Pictor
Genitive: Pictoris · abbreviation Pic
Best evening month
January
Visible from
90°S to 40°N
Centre RA
5h 30m 00s
Centre Dec
−50° 00′
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Mythology & origin
A painter's easel; its star Beta Pictoris has a famous dusty disk where planets are forming.
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille · 1756