Star profile
Rho Pavonis
Variable starWhat is Rho Pavonis
Rho Pavonis is a yellowish variable giant pulsing in the body of the Peacock, a constellation drawn in the sixteenth century by Dutch navigators mapping the southern sky. Its brightness shifts slowly as the evolved star adjusts the delicate balance between core and envelope. The light we see set out almost one hundred and ninety years ago, at the dawn of the industrial era.
Where it is and when to see it
Rho Pavonis lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Rho Pavonis
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.86
- Distance
- 189.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 309.397° · Dec -61.530°
- Catalogue
- HIP 101773 · HD 195961
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Other stars in Pavo
Pavo has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PeacockAlpha Pavonis1.94
- Beta Pavonis3.42
- Delta Pavonis3.55
- Nu Pavonis4.63
- Phi 1 Pavonis4.75
- HIP 920244.78
- HIP 986084.95
- Omicron Pavonis5.06