Star profile
Mu 1 Pavonis
What is Mu 1 Pavonis
In the Peacock — another southern figure born of the Dutch voyages to the southern hemisphere — this orange giant glows from 239 light-years away. The constellation was designed with Hera's sacred bird in mind, with the blue eyes of its tail in mind. This K-type star, well into a late stage of evolution, radiates warm light from a discreet corner of the southern deep sky, without contesting prominence with bright Alpha Pavonis, its more famous neighbour.
Where it is and when to see it
Mu 1 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 Mu 1 Pavonis
- Constellation
- Pavo
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 239.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 300.096° · Dec -66.949°
- Catalogue
- HIP 98478 · HD 188584
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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 906645.74
- HIP 983325.74
- HIP 1043645.75
- HIP 918545.76
- HIP 873935.78