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public  Chivana, Honduras Chivana, Honduras  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Tegucigalpa
Sunrise: 5:24 
Transit: 11:55 
Sunset: 18:25
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θ Pavonis (theta Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:50 | Tran: 0:20 | Set: 3:50
Alt: -8.00°   Az: 204.27°   Direction: South-West

θ Pavonis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Pavo.

θ Pavonis visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, θ 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 θ Pavonis (theta Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of θ Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Pavonis during the next 10000 years (-7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 51m 07s
-65° 02’ 49”
04h 58m 55s
23h 50m 02s

J2000

18h 48m 37s
-65° 04’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

330.43°
-24.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Pavonis (theta Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Main-sequence

1.53
A8V
7866K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Pavonis is distant 225.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

69.20
225.61
-1 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/y
-0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Pavonis
(theta Pavonis)
SAO254374
SAO254374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Pavonis (theta Pavonis) rise, transit and set times from Chivana, Honduras are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Tegucigalpa):

Azimuth: 155.0°
Max altitude: 9.2°
Azimuth: 205.0°