RA 309.3970° · Dec -61.5299° · star
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Rho Pav is a common variable star. It lies about 189.6 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Pav, shines at apparent magnitude 4.86 and has spectral type Fm delta Del.
Its spectrum reads Fm delta Del — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
Look for Rho Pav in the constellation Pav. At apparent magnitude 4.86, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Rho Pav is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Rho Pav scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 5 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Yellow-white F-type star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.