Pavo Pav
Pavo is one of the 88 constellations, covering 378 square degrees of the sky (44th largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
2 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Pav |
|---|---|
| Size | 378 square degrees (44th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 19h 34m, −66° |
| Highest at midnight | July (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: August and September) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 4° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 2 objects |
Galaxies
1Stars
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6752 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 6.3 | 13.2′ |
| NGC 6744 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.3 | 15.7′ |
| NGC 6684 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.5 | 4.2′ |
| NGC 6876 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.8 | 3.5′ |
| NGC 6753 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 3′ |
| IC 4662 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.1 | 2.1′ |
| IC 4765 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.8′ |
| IC 5052 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 7.2′ |
| NGC 6943 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 3.8′ |
| NGC 6810 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 3.8′ |
| NGC 6872 | Galaxy | 11.6 | 4.7′ |
| IC 4901 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 3.7′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits