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β Phoenicis (beta Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -83.24°   Az: 46.36°   Direction: North-East

β Phoenicis is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Phoenix.

β Phoenicis visual magnitude is 3.31. Because of its moderate brightness, β Phoenicis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of β Phoenicis (beta Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of β Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of β Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 07m 12s
-46° 35’ 04”
12h 28m 28s
13h 35m 40s

J2000

01h 06m 05s
-46° 43’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

295.51°
-70.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Phoenicis (beta Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.31
Giant

-0.61
G8III
5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Phoenicis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of β Phoenicis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

β Phoenicis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the β Phoenicis double sysyem:

3.31
3.51
0.2
1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Phoenicis is distant 198.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

60.75
198.06
-1 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

β Phoenicis
(beta Phoenicis)
SAO215365
SAO215365

Visibility from Your Location

β Phoenicis (beta Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK