beta Pic

Display orbital revolution around the star beta Pic
Imaginary Picture of Star beta Pic
Star Name : beta Pic
Alternate Name : bet Pic
Star Distance (LY/pc): 63.4051 (LY) 19.4401 (pc)
Stellar Radius (Rsun): 0.0000 (Rsun, measured) 1.4196 (Rsun, estimated)
Stellar Mass (Msun): 1.7300 (Msun/observed) 1.7300 (Msun/estimated)
Spectral type : A6V
Metalicity : 0.0000
Absolute Magnitude : 2.42
Apparent Magnitude : 3.86
Right Ascension(RA) : 86.82120
Declination(DEC) : -51.06639
  • This is the beta Pic . The star beta Pic islocated about 63.4 light-years (19.4 pc) away from our Solar System.
  • The star beta Pic has apparent magnitude of 3.9, with absolute magnitude of 2.4.
  • It is 1.7 times more massive and 1.4 times bigger compared with our Sun. The surface temperature is 8100 with its spectral types of A6V
  • Number of Extrasolar Planets : 2
  • Name of the 1 Planet beta Pic b radius 1.650000 mass 11.900000 orbital distance 9.930000
  • Name of the 2 Planet beta Pic c radius 1.200000 mass 8.890000 orbital distance 2.680000
    (Illustration of the beta Pic's Planetary System)



    The Star beta Pic 's habitable zone is located at the following distance

    Inner Boundary (the orbital distance at Venus's Equivalent Radiation ) : 2.018 AU ( 301857778.9 km)
    Earth Boundary (the orbital distance at Earth's Equivalent Radiation) : 2.789 AU ( 417246335.2 km)
    Outer Boundary (the orbital distance at Mars's Equivalent Radiation) : 4.250 AU ( 635791078.5 km)
    Snow Line (the orbital distance at Snow Line Equivalent Radiation) : 6.254 AU ( 935594424.2 km)
    (Habitable zone calculated based on SEAU(Solar Equivalent Astronomical Unit) around the star beta Pic)



    Kopparapu's Recent Venus for Star beta Pic distance : 2.153 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Earth-sized planet for Star beta Pic distance : 2.728 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Super-Earth-sized planet for Star beta Pic distance : 2.634 AU
    Kopparapu's Runaway Greenhouse for Mars-sized planet for Star beta Pic distance : 2.869 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 4.703 AU
    Kopparapu's Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star beta Pic distance : 4.959 AU
    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(2013) around the star beta Pic)



  • Original Kopparapu Recent Venus for Star beta Pic distance : 2.239 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Runaway Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 2.783 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Moist Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 2.962 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Maximum Greenhouse for Star beta Pic distance : 4.786 AU
  • Original Kopparapu Outer Boundary for Early Mars for Star beta Pic distance : 4.977 AU

    (Habitable zone calculated based on Kopparapu et al.(Original) around the star beta Pic)



    (Position in Stellar Map of star beta Pic )



    (Zoomed position in Stellar Map of star beta Pic (zoom level 3))

    (Synthetic Spectrum of star K2-182*)
    *Yamashiki YA et al. 2019 ApJ 881 114
    MUSCLES Paper I - France et al. 2016 ApJ 820 89
    MUSCLES Paper II- Youngblood et al. 2016 ApJ 824 101
    MUSCLES Paper III- Loyd et al. 2016 ApJ 824 102