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ι Pavonis (iota Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.10°   Az: 135.04°   Direction: South-East

ι Pavonis is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Pavo.

ι Pavonis visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, ι Pavonis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ι Pavonis (iota Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of ι Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Pavonis during the next 1000 years (-1.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.72 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 12m 44s
-61° 59’ 42”
16h 59m 27s
11h 12m 12s

J2000

18h 10m 26s
-62° 00’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

332.21°
-19.17°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ι Pavonis (iota Pavonis) star
Simplified finder chart for ι Pavonis (iota Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.49
Hypergiant

4.24
G0V
6047K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Pavonis is distant 57.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

17.76
57.88
30 km/s
-0.087 arcsec/y
0.223"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Pavonis
(iota Pavonis)
SAO254157
SAO254157
Gl 705.1

Visibility from Your Location

ι Pavonis (iota Pavonis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK