Pictor
the Painter's Easel
the Painter's Easel
Fixed J2000 coordinates
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How to read this chart
Dots mark stars, and their sizes indicate brightness. Stars appear dark on light charts and light on dark charts. Green lines show a constellation pattern. The surrounding grid gives right ascension and declination.
This is a fixed reference map, rather than a view of tonight’s sky.
Read the full chart guide →Boundary coordinates
The boundary marks a sky region; it is separate from the green star pattern. These files preserve ordered coordinate points in the J2000 reference system.
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Right ascension uses hours, minutes and seconds. Declination is in degrees. Convert right ascension to degrees with 15 × (hours + minutes/60 + seconds/3600).
RA (h m s) | Dec (degrees) | Abbreviation 06 03 48.4265 | -43.0057793 | PIC 05 03 53.8665 | -42.8255501 | PIC 04 53 55.7689 | -42.7963676 | PIC 04 53 36.4999 | -46.2959023 | PIC 04 33 41.7831 | -46.2387962 | PIC
The 0h / 24h meridian is continuous. A coordinate jump there should not be treated as a straight line across a flat map.