Pi Pavonis
Binary star with a chemically peculiar primary in Pavo.
Pi Pavonis is a binary star in the constellation Pavo, visible to the naked eye at magnitude 4.33. The primary is a chemically peculiar star with a strontium abundance anomaly, classified either as a giant Am star or an Ap star. The secondary is a K-type main-sequence star. A possible third companion has been detected via astrometry.
Quick Facts
- Apparent visual magnitude
- 4.33
- Distance
- 130 light years
- Radial velocity
- −15.6 km/s
- Primary mass
- 1.8 solar masses
- Primary radius
- 2.8 solar radii
- Primary effective temperature
- 7,560 K
- Secondary mass
- 0.76 solar masses
- Secondary radius
- 0.7 solar radii
Facts from the source article.
More in Bright Stars by Bayer Designation: Binary and Multiple Stars
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced
Comments
Loading…