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υ Pavonis (upsilon Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -73.69°   Az: 196.94°   Direction: South-South-West

υ Pavonis is a variable giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pavo.

υ Pavonis visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Pavonis (upsilon Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of υ Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Pavonis during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 44m 14s
-66° 40’ 06”
11h 12m 17s
07h 56m 32s

J2000

20h 41m 57s
-66° 45’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

328.39°
-35.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Pavonis (upsilon Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
Giant

-1.91
B9III
10941K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Pavonis is distant 840.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

257.73
840.21
7 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Pavonis
(upsilon Pavonis)
SAO254854
SAO254854

Visibility from Your Location

υ Pavonis (upsilon Pavonis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK