✧ Pavo

  Pavo is an asterism in Pavo.

                 •⡀
                ⢰⠃⢧
               ⢀⡏ ⠈⣇
               ⡼   ⠘⣆
              ⢰⠃    ⠸⡄           ⣀⡤·⠤⠤⠤⠤·
             ⢀⡏      ⠹⡄      ⣀⡤⠖⠋⠁      ⠸⡄
             ⡼        ⢳⡀ ⣀⡤⠖⠋⠁         ⢀⣠·⣄
            ⢰⠃      ⣀⣠⠤·⣯⠥⣄⣀⣀      ⢀⣠⠴⠚⠉  ⠈⠙·
           ⢀⡏ ⣀⣠⠤·⠚⠉⠁  ⢸⡈⠓⢦⡀⠈⠉⠉⠓⠒·⠚⠉
           ·⠚⠉⠁         ⡇  ⠉⠳⢤⡀
                        ⢹     ⠙⠲⣄⡀
                        ⠘⡆       ⠙·
                         ·

  Type            Asterism
  Constellation   Pavo
  Stars           11

  More information about Pavo

  Pavo is faint apart from its brightest star, which is simply called
  Peacock. That name is recent and thoroughly bureaucratic: in the 1930s
  the British air almanac needed every star used for navigation to have a
  name a pilot could say out loud, found that this one had never been
  given one, and issued it a name. The constellation is another of the
  twelve drawn from the measurements Pieter Keyser and Frederick de
  Houtman brought home from the Dutch voyage to the East Indies in the
  1590s. It also contains NGC 6752, one of the closest of the great balls
  of ancient stars that orbit our galaxy.

  Etymology
  From        Latin
  Reading     Pavo
  Literally   the peacock

  The evolution of Pavo over time

  -50,000 years
  
  
                                                        ⢀
                                                   ⣀⡠⠴⠒⡩⣿·
                                             ⢀⣀⠤⠖⠊⠉  ⢠⠎⣸⡿
                                        ⣀⡠⠤⠒⠋⠁     ⢀⠜⠁⢰⢹⡇
                              Peacock •⠉⠁         ⡴⠉ ⢠⢇⣯⠇
                                      ⢧         ⡠⠊   ⡎⣸⢹
                                      ⢸       ⣠⠜⠁   ⡼ ⡟⡼
                                      ⠈⡆    ⢀⠔⠁    ⡰⠁⢸·⡗⠒⠒·⣲·⡀
                                       ⡇  ⢀⡰⠃     ⢠⠃ ⡸⢠⠇⢀⡰⠊  ⢣
                                       ⢸ ⣠⠊      ⢀⠏  ⡇⣸⠔⠋     ·
                                       ⢸⡞        ⡜  ⠸⠖⡽
                                      ⠐·⡇       ⡸⠁  · ⡇
                                       ⢳⢣      ⢠⠃     ·
                                       ⠈⣿      ·
                                        ⢹⡇
                                        ⠈⣇
                                         ·
  
  
  
  now
  
  
  
  
  
                                         ⡀
                                        ⡸• Peacock
                                       ⢰⠃ ⢣
                                      ⢀⠇  ⠈⢧           ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀
                                      ⡞    ⠈⢇      ⢀⡠⠔⠋⠁·   ·⡆
                                     ⡸      ⠈⡆ ⢀⡠⠔⠊⠁      ⢀⣠⠤⠚·⡀
                                    ⢰⠃  ⢀⣀⡠⠤⠔⠚·⣓⠒⠤⠤⠤⠤⢄⣀⠤⠖⠊⠉    ⠙·
                                    ·⠒⠉⠉⠁·    ⢳ ⠙⠢⢄    ·
                                              ⠈⡆   ⠙⠲⢄
                                               ⢸      ⠉·
                                                ·
  
  
  
  
  
  
  +50,000 years
  
                                  ·⢶⠤⢤⣀⣀
                                    ⠑⢄  ⠉⠉⠒⠒⠤⠤⣄⣀⡀
                                      ⠑⢤       ⢠• Peacock
                                        ⠙⢤⡀   ⡠⠃
                                          ⠑⢆⡀⡰⠁               ⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀
                                            ⡱⠧⡀             ⢠⠔⠉·   ·
                                           ⡜  ⠉⠦⡀         ⡠⠚⠁     ⢸⠁
                                          ⡜   ⢀⡔·      ⢀⠴⠊  ⡠·⠤⣄⣀⣀⣸⡀
                                        ⢀⡞   ⣠⠊      ⢠⠔⠉ ⣀⠔⠋      ·⠉⠉⠉·
                                       ⢀⡞  ⢀⡔⠁     ⡠⠚⠁⢀⡤⠊⠁
                                      ⢀⠞  ⣠⠊    ⢀⠴⠊⢀⣠⠖⠁
                                     ⢀⠎ ⢀⡔⠁   ⢠⠔⠉⣠⠔⠉⢀      ⣀·
                                    ⢀⠎ ⣠⠊   ⡠⠚⢁⠴⠊⢀⠤⠚· ⢀⣠⠴⠒⠉
                                   ⢠⠃⢀⡔⠁ ⢀⠴⢊⡠⠚⣡⠴⠊⠁⢀⣀⠤⠚⠉
                                  ⢠⠃⣠⠊ ⢠⠔⣩⢔⣩⠔⠊⢀⡠⠔⠊⠁
                                 ⡰⢁⠔⠁⡠⣺⢕⡩⠒⣉⡤⠖⠊⠁
                                ⡰⡡⢋⢴⢾⠮⣚⡭⠖⠋⠁
                               ⣴⢽⣵⣿⠯⠓⠉
                              ⣼⠿⠛⠉
                              ·

  Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 76%, and the furthest
  any of its stars travels is 26.2 degrees. HR 6855, HR 7107, HR 7665, HR 7913 and HR 8181 drift
  the opposite way to the other 6, which travel together. Proper motion only: this is the shape
  changing, not the sky turning or the pole moving.

  curl 'skymap.sh/Pavo/evolution.gif'

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Pavo