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Pavo
The Peacock
Genitive
  Pavonis
Abbreviation
  Pav
Right Ascension
  17h37 to 21h30
Declination
  -56.8° to -75.0°
Area (sq deg)
  378
Brightest Star
  Peacock
Optimum Visibility
  July
 Lying on the fringes of the Milky Way, Pavo is lacking in bright objects apart from its primary star, itself called Peacock. It contains various clusters, of which NGC 6752 is the only one visible to the naked eye.


Map of Pavo
Relative Galactic Position of Pavo
The region of space described by Pavo is largely 'beneath' the galactic disc, but it does contain a number of extragalactic globular clusters.
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