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Beta Pictoris

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Beta Pictoris

Summary

Beta Pictoris is an A-type star[1]. It draws 115 Wikipedia views per month (a_type_star category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beta Pictoris's video is recorded as Zooming in on Beta Pictoris (eso1414a).webm[3].
  • Beta Pictoris's image is recorded as Around Beta Pictoris (cropped).jpg[4].
  • Beta Pictoris's instance of is recorded as A-type star[5].
  • Beta Pictoris's instance of is recorded as high proper-motion star[6].
  • Beta Pictoris's instance of is recorded as sub-millimetric source[7].
  • Beta Pictoris's instance of is recorded as infrared source[8].
  • Beta Pictoris's instance of is recorded as near-infrared source[9].
  • Beta Pictoris's instance of is recorded as ultraviolet source[10].
  • Beta Pictoris's constellation is recorded as Pictor[11].
  • Beta Pictoris's spectral class is recorded as A6V[12].
  • Beta Pictoris's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 18040816p[13].
  • Beta Pictoris's part of is recorded as Beta Pictoris moving group[14].
  • Beta Pictoris's Commons category is recorded as Beta Pictoris[15].
  • Beta Pictoris's child astronomical body is recorded as Beta Pictoris b[16].
  • Beta Pictoris's child astronomical body is recorded as Beta Pictoris c[17].
  • Beta Pictoris's has part is recorded as circumstellar disk[18].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J05471708-5103594[19].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as GSC 08099-01392[20].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as HD 39060[21].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as HIP 27321[22].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as HR 2020[23].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 05460-5104[24].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as SAO 234134[25].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as GJ 219[26].
  • Beta Pictoris's catalog code is recorded as GJ 219.0[27].

Body

Geography

Beta Pictoris's part of is recorded as it moving group[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include A-type star[5], high proper-motion star[6], sub-millimetric source[7], infrared source[8], near-infrared source[9], and ultraviolet source[10].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 2MASS J05471708-5103594[19], GSC 08099-01392[20], HD 39060[21], HIP 27321[22], HR 2020[23], and IRAS 05460-5104[24].

Why It Matters

Beta Pictoris draws 115 Wikipedia views per month (a_type_star category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q29037960. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . A circumstellar disk around Beta pictoris. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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