Beta Pictoris

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Beta Pictoris (abbreviated β Pictoris or β Pic) is the second brightest star in the constellation Pictor. It is located 63.4 light-years (19.4 pc) from the Solar System, and is 1.79 times as massive and 8.7 times as luminous as the Sun.

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Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.