Beta Pictoris was a star system in the Beta Quadrant. (ENT: "Cold Front")
Components[]
Stellar system[]
This was a single star system. The primary Beta Pictoris was an A-type dwarf.
History[]
In 2257, during the first Federation-Klingon War, this system was occupied by the Klingons. (DIS: "The War Without, The War Within")
Stellar cartography[]
The Beta Pictoris system was visible from Earth in the constellation Pictor. This system was approximately 64 light years from Sol.
In the 2150s, this system's position was labeled on an United Earth star chart which was displayed in several crew and guest quarters aboard the Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise, set decoration)
In 2256, this system's location was labeled on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the USS Discovery. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")
Appendices[]
This star was only mentioned in writing.
Information on this system was derived from the episodes and films, the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library, and real-world sources. The reference works were used extensively in the creation of star charts seen in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. The real-world information added to the article was current as of 2025.
In the Star Trek: Star Charts ("United Federation of Planets I"), the Beta Pictoris system was shown to be in or near to the Federation-Romulan border.
The star chart seen in the series Star Trek: Enterprise made its first appearance in Crewman Daniels quarters in "Cold Front". It was also seen in several other episodes of the series, from 2151 to 2154. (For more information, see Federation star charts#United Earth Alpha/Beta star chart)
There were two confirmed exoplanets, Beta Pictoris b and Beta Pictoris c, in this system by 2025.
External links[]
- Beta Pictoris at Wikipedia
- Beta Pictoris at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works