Star
A hot blue-white binary and the only named star in the constellation Pavo.
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 180 ly |
| Diameter | 8,348,400 km |
| Mass | 1.19 × 10³¹ kg |
| Temperature | 17,427°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 1.94 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1597 |
Stars spend most of their lives fusing hydrogen into helium in their core, and it's the balance between that outward pressure and gravity pulling inward that fixes how big and how bright a star gets.
At 8,348,400 km across, Peacock is 6.0 times the diameter of the Sun.
Its mass is 6.0 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Peacock tonight left it around 180 years ago.
Its surface sits at 17,700 K, hotter than the Sun at 5,772 K, which is what sets its colour.
It has been on record since 1597.
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