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public  Kani Kéli, Mayotte Kani Kéli, Mayotte  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Mayotte
Sunrise: 6:23 
Transit: 12:05 
Sunset: 17:47
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σ Pavonis (sigma Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:01 | Tran: 1:23 | Set: 9:48
Alt: -4.87°   Az: 191.78°   Direction: South-South-West

σ Pavonis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pavo.

σ Pavonis visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, σ 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 σ Pavonis (sigma Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of σ Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of σ Pavonis during the next 10000 years (-11.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 51m 41s
-68° 40’ 48”
09h 43m 56s
06h 35m 37s

J2000

20h 49m 18s
-68° 46’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

325.77°
-35.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for σ Pavonis (sigma Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.41
Hypergiant

0.56
K0III
4472K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

σ Pavonis is distant 304.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

93.46
304.67
19 km/s
-0.069 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

σ Pavonis
(sigma Pavonis)
SAO254871
SAO254871

Visibility from Your Location

Today's σ Pavonis (sigma Pavonis) rise, transit and set times from Kani Kéli, Mayotte are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Mayotte):

Azimuth: 158.7°
Max altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 201.3°