Constellations
Pavo (Pav)
The Peacock
Also known as peacock.
6 looks for Pavo
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Pavo
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Peacock
- IAU abbreviation
- Pav
- Its stars are named
- Pavonis (as in "Alpha Pavonis")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in August
- Centre
- Right ascension 19h 27m, declination −66° 09′
- The figure
- 10 stars joined by 10 lines
- Brightest star
- Peacock, magnitude 1.94
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Peacock (α Pav)mag 1.94
- β Pavmag 3.42
- δ Pavmag 3.56
- η Pavmag 3.62
- ε Pavmag 3.96
- ζ Pavmag 4.01
- λ Pavmag 4.22
- γ Pavmag 4.22
- π Pavmag 4.35
- ξ Pavmag 4.36
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation