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TimezoneEurope/London
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ο Pavonis (omicron Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -56.86°   Az: 146.74°   Direction: South-South-East

ο Pavonis is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Pavo.

ο Pavonis visual magnitude is 5.02. Because of its faintness, ο 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 ο Pavonis (omicron Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of ο Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Pavonis during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 15m 36s
-70° 01’ 23”
16h 05m 22s
13h 20m 59s

J2000

21h 13m 20s
-70° 07’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

323.27°
-37.19°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ο Pavonis (omicron Pavonis) star
Simplified finder chart for ο Pavonis (omicron Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.02
Giant

-2.16
M1III
3677K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Pavonis is distant 888.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

272.48
888.28
-19 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Pavonis
(omicron Pavonis)
SAO257896
SAO257896

Visibility from Your Location

ο Pavonis (omicron Pavonis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK