Pictor
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- proper noun
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- It's right in a sweet spot orbit around HD 40307, a smaller star than the sun in the constellation of Pictor, where liquid water is possible.
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At 56 million miles away from the parent star in the constellation Pictor, the exoplanet, located 45 light-years away from our own planet, is in just the right spot for liquid water to exist.
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95. Pictor in carmine, in M. R. James, "Pictor in Carmine," Archaeologia 94 (1951): 142-43.
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PHOTO (COLOR): Beta Pictoris is a young star located 60 light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Pictor.
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95. Pictor in carmine, in M. R. James, "Pictor in Carmine," Archaeologia 94 (1951): 142-43.
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Pictor (or the vernacular pittore) is rarely used in signatures on paintings, although it is seen more frequently in signatures on documents and correspondence as the convention for a formal mode of address.
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The red coloration of the Mosaic Reef Crab (Lophozozymus pictor) already serves as a warning—stay away!
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Located 43 light-years away in the southern constellation Pictor, the orange-colored dwarf star HD 40307 has previously been found to hold three "super-Earth" exoplanets in close orbit.
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Astronomers often study the stars found in the constellation Pictor during their research.
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Located in the Southern Hemisphere, Pictor is one of the lesser-known constellations in the night sky.
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The bright stars of Pictor can be seen clearly from southern countries during winter.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pictor comes from the Latin pictor, meaning 'painter'. It is the name of a Southern constellation, so imagine an artist's easel or a picture in the sky, and that image helps you remember the star group.