Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Special star: Delta Pavonis



Photo: ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey

Delta Pavonis

The yellow star is older as our Sun, but besides very similar to it. It is one of the main targets for the search of Earth-like planets and life.

Constellation: Pavo
Distance: 19.92 light-years
Spectral class: G8
Visual magnitude: 3.55
Luminosity: 1.231 * Sun
Mass: 0.98 * Sun
Diameter: 1.188 * Sun
Radial velocity: -21.7 km/sec

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