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Abbreviation: Pav |
English Name: The Peacock |
Genitive: Peacock |
Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere (Never visible from the UK.) |
Location: Between the constellations of Indus and Triangulum Australe. |
Visible between latitudes: +15 and -90 degrees |
Best season: Summer |
Seen in three seasons: Spring, Summer, and Autumn |
Best seen in: During the middle of August. |
Seen between: July and September. |
Right Ascension (RA): 20 hour |
Declination (DEC): -65 degrees |
Area (square degrees): 378 (44th) |
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Pavo (The Peacock)
- Kappa Pavonis is a yellow-white supergiant that ranges between magnitude +3.9 and +4.8 every 9 days and 2 hours.
0 - Pavo is the radiant of an annual meteor shower – the Delta Pavonids. Appearing from 21st March to 8th April; the peak is around between 5th and 6th April every year.
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Messier Objects in Pavo
No Messier objects in Pavo |
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Messier Objects in Pavo
Select Catalog | No of Objects |
Barnard (B) | 0x object |
Caldwell (C) | 2x objects |
Collinder (Cr) | 0x object |
New General Catalogue (NGC) | 49x objects |
Index Catalogue (IC) | 231x objects |
Sharpless (Sh2) | 0x object |
Features of Interest
- NGC 6752 – Globular Cluster; just visible to the naked-eye, a 3-inch telescope will resolve some individual stars.
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Named Stars
- Peacock (Alpha Pavonis – magnitude: +1.9)
- more list of stars in Pavo.
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IAU Sky Chart: Pavo
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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
– never seen from the UK
Apus | Ara | Caelum | Carina | Centaurus | Chameleon |
Corona Australis | Crux | Dorado | Grus | Horologium | Hydrus |
Indus | Mensa | Octans | Pavo | Phoenix | Pictor |
Reticulum | Telescopium | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Vela | Volans |
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