Alpha Pictoris is a bright star located in the constellation Pictor, which is known as the Painter's Easel. It is approximately 47 light-years away from Earth and is classified as a spectral type A0V star, indicating it is a hot, blue-white star. This star is notable for being part of a binary system, meaning it has a companion star orbiting around it. Alpha Pictoris is also of interest to astronomers because it has a circumstellar disk, which may contain dust and gas, potentially indicating the presence of forming planets.