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ζ Pavonis (zeta Pavonis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.49°   Az: 150.74°   Direction: South-South-East

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

ζ Pavonis visual magnitude is 4.01. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Pavonis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ζ Pavonis (zeta Pavonis) star
DSS2 image of ζ Pavonis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Pavonis during the next 1000 years (-0.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 45m 54s
-71° 24’ 05”
17h 38m 15s
12h 24m 09s

J2000

18h 43m 02s
-71° 25’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

323.49°
-24.95°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ζ Pavonis (zeta Pavonis) star
Simplified finder chart for ζ Pavonis (zeta Pavonis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.01
Hypergiant

-0.03
K0III
4430K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Pavonis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ζ Pavonis double sysyem:

4.01
11.91
7.9
55.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Pavonis is distant 209.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

64.31
209.65
-16 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.156"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Pavonis
(zeta Pavonis)
SAO257620
SAO257620

Visibility from Your Location

ζ Pavonis (zeta Pavonis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK