Its story
Tau Pav has a visual magnitude of about 6.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for Tau Pav: right ascension 19h 16m 29s, declination −69° 11′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Pavo constellation (IAU figure Pav).
Tau Pav. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 94724, HD 179009, Gaia DR3 6421588058759394432. In the SkyKeepsake Pavo (Pav) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 94724
- Right ascension
- 19h 16m 29s
- Declination
- −69° 11′ 27″
- Magnitude
- 6.23
- Distance
- ≈ 631 ly
Data: gaia-dr3