ALPHA PAVONIS

'Alpha Pavonis' (α Pav) is a star in the constellation Pavo
It is also known by the name 'Peacock', but this is not a classical name. It was assigned to the star by Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office in the late 1930s during the creation of 'The Air Almanac', a navigational almanac for the Royal Air Force. Of the fifty-seven stars included in the new almanac, two had no classical names: epsilon Carinae and alpha Pavonis. The RAF insisted that all of the stars must have names, so new names were invented. Alpha Pavonis was named 'Peacock', for obvious reasons, whilst epsilon Carinae was called 'Avior'.^[1]
The star has been found to be a spectroscopic binary star.

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1. Sadler, D.H.: "A Personal History of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office", page 46. Edited and privately published by Wilkins, G.A., 1993

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★ Bright Star Catalogue

★ Peacock