Pavo (constellation)
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| Abbreviation: | Pav |
| Genitive: | Pavonis |
| Symbology: | the Peacock |
| Right ascension: | 20 h |
| Declination: | −65° |
| Area: | 378 sq. deg. (44th) |
| Main stars: | 7 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars: | |
| Stars with known planets: | 0, 1 |
| Bright stars: | 1 |
| Nearby stars: | 8 |
| Brightest star: | α Pav (Joo Tseo, Peacock) (1.94m) |
| Nearest star: | δ Pav (19.91 ly ly) |
| Messier objects: | |
| Meteor showers: | Delta 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 |
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Pavo (IPA: /ˈpeɪvəʊ/, Latin: peacock) is a southern constellation. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
In Australia "the Saucepan" is sometimes used as an informal name for part of the constellation of Pavo, when finding the south by the stars.
The most famous star in the constellation is δ Pavonis, a nearby Sun-like but more evolved star. φ2 Pavonis, another Sun-like star has an unconfirmed extrasolar planet.
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Mas conocido como EDDY THE PAVO, Pavaso del Roosevelt Since it was created in the 17th century, and was not visible to the Mediterranean cultures, there is no prior mythology associated with the constellation Pavo.
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