Star profile
Pi Pavonis
What is Pi Pavonis
Pi Pavonis sits roughly 130 light-years away inside Pavo, the southern figure introduced by Dutch navigators when they charted the southern sky in the early 17th century. It is a white A-type star, hotter and more youthful than the Sun, whose steady light has for centuries guided those who read the firmament below the equator.
Where it is and when to see it
Pi 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 June, 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 60° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 26° N.
It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 44 stars of Pavo in our catalogue. To find it, start from Peacock, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Pi Pavonis
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.33
- Distance
- 130.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 272.145° · Dec -63.669°
- Catalogue
- HIP 88866 · HD 165040
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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
- Zeta Pavonis4.01
- Gamma Pavonis4.21
- Lambda Pavonis4.22
- Xi Pavonis4.35
- Kappa Pavonis4.40