Star profile
Gamma Pavonis
Nearby starWhat is Gamma Pavonis
Gamma Pavonis is a close neighbour of the Sun: only 30 light-years away, she is one of the few yellow stars comparable to ours visible to the naked eye. Slightly more massive, slightly hotter and around seven billion years older, she is poor in heavy elements and belongs to the old galactic disk. The light arriving tonight left the Peacock when the United States Constitution was being signed.
Where it is and when to see it
Gamma 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 59° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 25° N.
It ranks no. 7 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 30 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Gamma Pavonis
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.21
- Distance
- 30.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 321.611° · Dec -65.366°
- Catalogue
- HIP 105858 · HD 203608
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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
- Eta Pavonis3.61
- Epsilon Pavonis3.97
- Zeta Pavonis4.01
- Lambda Pavonis4.22
- Pi Pavonis4.33