Pictor A

Pictor A is a deep-sky object in the constellation Pictor.

Radio galaxy whose black hole fires a jet longer than our whole galaxy

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Pictor A: a sky-survey photograph of its field — Sky survey view (DSS2 colour, or a backup survey)

Facts

Constellation	Pictor
Position (J2000)	5h 19m 49s, −45° 46′

When and how to see it

Pictor A is highest in the sky at midnight in December. From India (about 20° N) it climbs to about 24° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises.

Heights are worked out for India and for 50° N. Set your location in Settings to see them for where you are.

For tonight's best time from your own town, the darkness and the Moon, open it on the map and see its "Tonight from your location" card.

Pictor A

Facts

When and how to see it

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