Pavo (constellation)

**Pavo**
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	List of stars in Pavo
Abbreviation:	Pav
Genitive:	Pavonis
Symbology:
Right ascension:	18h 10.4m to 21h 32.4m h
Declination:	−56.59° to −74.98°°
Area:	378 sq. deg. (44th)
Main stars:	7
Bayer/Flamsteed stars:	24
Stars known to have planets:	6
Bright stars:	1
Nearby stars:	4
Brightest star:	α Pav (Peacock) (1.91m)
Nearest star:	SCR 1845-6357 ( ly)
Messier objects:	0
Meteor showers:	Delta Pavonids; August Pavonids
Bordering constellations:	Octans; Apus; Ara; Telescopium; Indus
	Visible at latitudes between +30° and −90°; Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of August

Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky.

Pavo (constellation) Media

Pavo (upper right), with the other southern birds, in its first appearance in a celestial atlas, Johann Bayer's Uranometria
The constellations Pavo and Indus, featured (reversed) in the chart of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr in his Atlas Cœlestis, c. 1742
The constellation Pavo as it can be seen by the naked eye
The globular cluster NGC 6752 contains an estimated 100,000 stars.

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List of stars in Pavo
Abbreviation:	Pav
Genitive:	Pavonis
Symbology:
Right ascension:	18^h 10.4^m to 21^h 32.4^m^[1] h
Declination:	−56.59° to −74.98°^[1]°
Area:	378 sq. deg. (44th)
Main stars:	7
Bayer/Flamsteed stars:	24
Stars known to have planets:	6
Bright stars:	1
Nearby stars:	4
Brightest star:	α Pav (Peacock) (1.91^m)
Nearest star:	SCR 1845-6357 ( ly)
Messier objects:	0
Meteor showers:	Delta Pavonids August Pavonids
Bordering constellations:	Octans Apus Ara Telescopium Indus
Visible at latitudes between +30° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of August