Peacock (HIP 100751)
Peacock is a blue main-sequence star in the constellation Pavo. At 179 light years away, it is the 46th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 1.94. Peacock is the primary component of a multiple-star system. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 22.5 km/s relative to the Sun and is part of the Tucana / Horologium moving group. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 20,600 and 24,200 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 20h 25.6m, Dec -56° 43.8'
