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AB Pictoris

(AB Pic, HD 44627)
(K-type star with possible planet)

AB Pictoris is a K-type variable main sequence star with a companion, AB Pictoris b, considered either a planet or a brown dwarf based upon mass determination. AB Pictoris characteristics:


(star,variable star,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_Pictoris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-type_main-sequence_star
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005A%26A...438L..29C/abstract
http://www.exoplanetkyoto.org/exohtml/AB_Pic_b.html
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ab+pictoris
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~050pc163lyAB Pictoris
Coordinates:AB Pic
J061912.913-580315.53

Referenced by pages:
stellar designation
Tucana Horologium association (THA)

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