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β Pavonis (beta Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -55.41°   Az: 139.85°   Direction: South-East

β Pavonis is a giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Pavo.

β Pavonis visual magnitude is 3.42. Because of its moderate brightness, β Pavonis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of β Pavonis (beta Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of β Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of β Pavonis during the next 10000 years (-7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 47m 09s
-66° 06’ 43”
16h 18m 42s
13h 05m 51s

J2000

20h 44m 57s
-66° 12’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

328.96°
-36.01°

Finder Chart

Finder chart β Pavonis (beta Pavonis) star
Simplified finder chart for β Pavonis (beta Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.42
Giant

0.29
A7III
8486K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Pavonis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of β Pavonis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Pavonis is distant 137.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

42.18
137.49
10 km/s
-0.046 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

β Pavonis
(beta Pavonis)
SAO254862
SAO254862

Visibility from Your Location

β Pavonis (beta Pavonis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK