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TimezoneAmerica/Puerto_Rico
Sunrise: 5:56 
Transit: 12:29 
Sunset: 19:03
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η Pavonis (eta Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:02 | Tran: 23:07 | Set: 2:12
Alt: -1.82°   Az: 160.23°   Direction: South-South-East

η Pavonis is a bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Pavo.

η Pavonis visual magnitude is 3.62. Because of its moderate brightness, η 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 η Pavonis (eta Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of η Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of η Pavonis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 48m 14s
-64° 43’ 55”
20h 30m 27s
14h 18m 41s

J2000

17h 45m 43s
-64° 43’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

328.4°
-17.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Pavonis (eta Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.62
Bright giant

-1.66
K2II
4328K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Pavonis is distant 370.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

113.77
370.88
-8 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

η Pavonis
(eta Pavonis)
SAO254020
SAO254020

Visibility from Your Location

Today's η Pavonis (eta Pavonis) rise, transit and set times from Olimpo, Puerto Rico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Puerto_Rico):

Azimuth: 154.7°
Max altitude: 7.3°
Azimuth: 205.3°