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ε Pavonis (epsilon Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -62.05°   Az: 205.10°   Direction: South-West

ε Pavonis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Pavo.

ε Pavonis visual magnitude is 3.96. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Pavonis (epsilon Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of ε Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Pavonis during the next 1000 years (1.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 03m 29s
-72° 50’ 18”
09h 10m 32s
05h 14m 01s

J2000

20h 00m 35s
-72° 54’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

322.02°
-30.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Pavonis (epsilon Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.96
Hypergiant

1.40
A0V
10516K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Pavonis is distant 106.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

32.54
106.09
-2 km/s
0.074 arcsec/y
-0.132"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Pavonis
(epsilon Pavonis)
SAO257757
SAO257757

Visibility from Your Location

ε Pavonis (epsilon Pavonis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK