--- name: κ Pav constellation: Pav created_by: editor.cs created_date: 2023-11-05 17:57:10.951661 updated_by: editor.cs updated_date: 2023-11-05 17:57:10.951665 --- Short-period variable Cepheids belonging to the subtype known as W Virginis stars from the old population II. Its brightness ranges from 3.9mag to 4.8mag with a period of 9 days and 2 hours. This yellow-white supergiant is located 540 light-years away.