Star profile
Omicron Pavonis
Cool red starWhat is Omicron Pavonis
Omicron Pavonis is an M-type red giant in the Peacock about 894 light-years away. Its cool, distended atmosphere pours a coppery light into the cosmos that travels nearly nine centuries before reaching the eye: when this light first set out, the constellations of the southern sky had not yet been charted in European maps, and no one had ever spoken of a Peacock among the stars. To look at Omicron Pavonis today is, in a sense, to receive a message the universe sent before its own name even existed.
Where it is and when to see it
Omicron 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 54° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 20° N.
It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 890 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Omicron Pavonis
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.06
- Distance
- 893.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 318.335° · Dec -70.126°
- Catalogue
- HIP 104755 · HD 201371
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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
- HIP 920244.78
- Rho Pavonis4.86
- HIP 986084.95
- Phi 2 Pavonis5.11
- Upsilon Pavonis5.14