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public  Palo Alto, United States Palo Alto, United States  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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χ Phoenicis (chi Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:13 | Tran: 7:56 | Set: 10:39
Alt: -70.32°   Az: 118.99°   Direction: East-South-East

χ Phoenicis is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Phoenix.

χ Phoenicis visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, χ Phoenicis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of χ Phoenicis (chi Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of χ Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 02m 43s
-44° 35’ 28”
13h 37m 42s
15h 40m 26s

J2000

02h 01m 42s
-44° 42’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

268.87°
-67.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Phoenicis (chi Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Giant

-0.15
K5III
3809K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Phoenicis is distant 372.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

114.16
372.15
-31 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Phoenicis
(chi Phoenicis)
SAO215739
SAO215739

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ Phoenicis (chi Phoenicis) rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 134.6°
Max altitude: 8.0°
Azimuth: 225.4°