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Pavo
Abbreviation: Pav
Genitive: Pavonis
Translation: The Peacock
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Pavo, the peacock:
German astronomer Johann Bayer created this constellation in 1603. It can be found between the constellations of Telescopium, the telescope, and Octans, the octant.

Pavo
Transit Date of principal star:
28 July
Hera, wife of Zeus and hence the Queen of the heavens, was an excessively jealous wife. And with good reason; Zeus was excessively amorous.

In Australia "the Saucepan" is sometimes used as an unofficial name for part of the constellation of Pavo, when finding the south by the stars.
History ...

Pavo flourishes a truncated tail in the Uranographia of Johann Bode.
In mythology, the peacock was the sacred bird of Hera, who drove through the air in a chariot drawn by peacocks.

Pavo
Abbreviation: Pav English name: Peacock Coordinates see Stellar data
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Pavo
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INDUS AND NORTHERN PAVO
The modern constellation Indus, the Indian, lies from upper center toward lower left.

The nearest of these is the Hydra-Centaurus-Pavo supercluster. The names reflect the main constellations in which the structure is seen on the sky (although constellations are based on nearby stars in our galaxy, ...

Pavo
brown dwarf (ESO press release; Biller et al, 2006; Henry et al, 2006b; Henry et al, 2006a; Subasavage et al, 2004; Deacon et al, 2004; and RECONS)
12.9
Lacaille 8760
M0-2 Ve
0.60
Microscopium
AX Microscopii, flare star
13.1
Kruger 60 A ...

The other surrounding constellations are Ara to the west, Indus to the east, Sagittarius to the north-east and Pavo to the south.
This region is very poor for amateur astronomers because of its lack of bright stars or other interesting objects.

El hoatzín se parece mucho a un pavo real sin su linda cola. Los hoatzines son terribles para volar, ˇgeneralmente practican aterrizajes de emergencia!. El kiwi es un ave que no vuela y que parece un roedor con un largo pico y plumas.

Perseus-Pisces Supercluster
Pavo-Indus Supercluster
Coma Supercluster
Phoenix Supercluster
Sculptor Superclusters
Hercules Superclusters
Leo Supercluster
Shapley Supercluster ...

Sadler does not elaborate but Peacock is self-evident since "pavo" is the Latin for "peacock" and alpha Pavonis is the brightest star in that constellation.

Astronomy
Constellations - Pavo - alp Pav (Peacock)
Identification Data
Common Name ...

Finding Apus: The neighboring and more distinguishable constellations of Apus include Triangulaum Australe (The Southern Triangle), Pavo (Peacock), Musca (Housefly) and Chamaeleon.

Pavo en Relleno Negro is turkey meat stew cooked with a black paste made from roasted chiles, a local version of the mole de guajalote found throughout Mexico.

Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | ...

See also: Constellation, Constellations, Star, Telescopium, Aries