NU Pavonis
Red giant star in the constellation Pavo
NU Pavonis (N-U, not "nu") is a variable star in the southern constellation of Pavo . With a nominal apparent visual magnitude of 4.95,[ 3] it is a faint star but visible to the naked eye. The distance to NU Pav, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 7.0 mas [ 2] as seen from Earth's orbit, is around 460 light years . It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s.[ 6]
This is an aging red giant with a stellar classification of M6 III,[ 4] currently on the asymptotic giant branch . It is a semiregular variable star of sub-type SRb that ranges in magnitude from 4.91 down to 5.26 with a period of 60 days.[ 7] The star has expanded to 204[ 7] times the Sun's radius and is radiating 7,412[ 3] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,516 K.[ 7] Far-ultraviolet emission has been detected from these coordinates, which may be coming from a companion star.[ 8]
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