Del

Variable star

Its story

Delta Pictoris is an eclipsing binary of Beta Lyrae type: two blue suns so close that every 1.67 days one passes in front of the other and the combined light of the pair noticeably dims. The visible component is a B0.5 subgiant some 1,300 light-years away, in the modern constellation of the Painter's Easel. What we see as a single point is in fact a cyclic eclipse that has been repeating for aeons.

Constellation: Pictor
Apparent magnitude: 4.72
Distance: 1299.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 92.575° · Dec -54.969°
Catalogue: HIP 29276 · HD 42933

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