Delta Pavonis is a planetary system orbiting δ Pav, a G8IV ☼ star in the Pavo constellation of the Sol Region.
Delta Pavonis Delta Pavonis is a yellow star about 20 light years from Earth. Delta Pavonis has an age of around 7 billion years and is starting to fuse helium with hydrogen in its core, putting the star in the early part of the sub-giant phase.
A metal rich star, Delta Pavonis has roughly 2 times the elements heavier than hydrogen as Sol. The Delta Pavonis system consists of 7 planets, 5 inner terrestrial planets, with one that's similar to Earth called Novaterra, and 2 large gas giants.
The planet Novaterra, in the Delta Pavonis system, was chosen as the first large scale colonization project known as the Destiny Mission . The mission involved 70,000 colonists who were sent to the planet from Earth. They inhabited a city called New Hope that was built by a smaller, earlier group specifically for the colonists.
