Sky position and distance
Beta Pictoris is placed at J2000 RA 5.8 h, Dec -51.1° at 63.4 light-years.
SourceJWST MIRI
EpochJ2000
Space Time
Star system · evidence and sources
Beta Pictoris
A nearby young A star surrounded by an edge-on debris disk with a secondary inclined disk and Webb's cat's-tail structure.
Also known as β Pictoris, Beta Pic, HD 39060, HIP 27321.
Catalog
Position basis, the same label the app shows on the selection card.
Every aspect, with its origin
One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.
ObservedCatalogComputedReconstructedIllustrativeUndocumented
Confirmed planets Beta Pictoris b, c, and d
Planet markers use current NASA Exoplanet Archive semi-major axes, periods, and radii; their displayed phases are normalized.
SourceNASA Exoplanet Archive · record bet Pic
LimitMarker phase is a presentation phase, not an astrometric prediction.
Webb mid-infrared observation
The JWST/MIRI image combining 15.5 and 23 μm observations is available under Evidence & sources.
SourceESA/Webb image weic2401a · record weic2401a
MethodCoronagraphic mid-infrared imaging
Disk rendering
The close-up wraps the JWST MIRI image (15.5 and 23 μm) on a disk tilted to the published inclination and position angle, with 44,000 particles sampled from its ring profile.
LimitVertical structure and the far side of the disk are not resolved by the image; scale height is a display choice.
Description and facts
The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.
SourceSpace Time editorial text
What is not measured
- Appearance: a reconstruction from measurements, not a direct observation. Disk rendering. Vertical structure and the far side of the disk are not resolved by the image; scale height is a display choice.
Not yet documented
- Physical data: no record. Space Time does not claim a source for this aspect.
- Description: The short description and the fact list are written by the Space Time authors for orientation. They are not quoted from a catalog field and carry no citation of their own.