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Pavo is a constellation in the southern hemisphere.

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.

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
Abbreviation: Pav English name: Peacock Coordinates see Stellar data
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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.

The only named star in Pavo is Peacock, &alpha Pav, and the adjoining constellations are:
Apus, Ara, Indus, Octans, Telescopium.
Related images
AAT 111. NGC 6752, globular cluster in Pavo
AATCCD 6. NGC 6744, a Milky Way-like galaxy in Pavo ...

Pavo
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PAVO, the PEACOCK
TELESCOPIUM, the Telescope
TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE, the Southern Triangle ...

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 ...

INDUS AND NORTHERN PAVO
The modern constellation Indus, the Indian, lies from upper center toward lower left.

Pavo (Pavonis) Pegasus (Pegasi) Perseus (Persei) Phoenix (Phoenicis) Pictor (Pictoris) Pisces (Piscium) Piscis Austrinius (Piscis Austrini) Puppis (Puppis) Pyxis (Pyxidis) Reticulum (Reticuli) ...

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

Ophiuchus(serpent holder), Orion the Hunter, Pavo(peacock), Pegasus the winged horse, Perseus,
Phoenix, Pictor(painter's easel), Pisces(fish), Piscis Austrinus(southern fish), Puppis(the stern), ...

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.

The new collision was observed around a 12 million year old star known as HD 172555 and located in the southern constellation Pavo. The curious spectrum of the star attained by Spitzer caught the observers' attention.

183 million light-years from us, NGC 6782lies in the constellation Pavo; this image covers approximately 100 arcseconds across (82,000 light-years). The image was originally taken on June 22, 2000, and June 9, 2001, for a total exposure time of 1.

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

Octans, the octant
Pavo, the peacock
Phoenix, the phoenix
Pictor, the easel
Reticulum, the net
Triangulum Australe, the southern triangle
Tucana, the toucan
Vela, the ship's sails
Volans, the flying fish ...

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