Particulars:
General:
As a constellation of the southern hemisphere Pavo is located between Telescopium to the north and Octans to the south.
Stars and other objects
The double xi Pav is a rather unequal pair. The primary
star is a red giant of 4.36 mag. Its campanion of 8.1 mag is hard
to observe because of the glow of the primary. Smaller scopes may
fail to resolve this pair.
The variable star kappa Pav belong to the pulsating stars
of the W Virginis type. Every 9 days, 1 hour and 36
minutes the brightness of this F5 supergiant varies from 3.9 mag
to 4.8 mag.
A nice object for binoculars and small telescopes is the large
globular cluster NGC 6752. In the outer regions of the 7th
mag cluster an 8th mag double star can be seen, but it does not
belong to the cluster. The double is apparently a foreground
object.