Star profile

Phi 2 Pavonis

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Phi 2 Pavonis

Phi-2 Pavonis shines just eighty light-years away in the southern Peacock, a constellation devised by Dutch navigators when they crossed the equator. It is a yellow-white F-type star, a relatively close neighbour of the Sun, slightly hotter and more massive. It forms a visual pair in the sky with its sister Phi-1, one of those apparent relationships that the chance of perspective bequeathed to the catalogues.

Where it is and when to see it

Phi 2 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 63° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 29° N.

It ranks no. 18 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 80 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Phi 2 Pavonis

Constellation: Pavo
Apparent magnitude: 5.11
Distance: 80.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 310.010° · Dec -60.549°
Catalogue: HIP 101983 · HD 196378

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Other stars in Pavo

Pavo has 44 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 44 stars in Pavo