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public  Periyapattinam, India Periyapattinam, India  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kolkata
Sunrise: 5:59 
Transit: 12:18 
Sunset: 18:37
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δ Phoenicis (delta Phoenicis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:46 | Tran: 7:05 | Set: 12:20
Alt: 3.78°   Az: 140.94°   Direction: South-East

δ Phoenicis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Phoenix.

δ Phoenicis visual magnitude is 3.95. Because of its moderate brightness, δ 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 δ Phoenicis (delta Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of δ Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Phoenicis during the next 1000 years (2.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 32m 18s
-48° 56’ 31”
19h 07m 13s
20h 39m 31s

J2000

01h 31m 15s
-49° 04’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

286.27°
-66.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Phoenicis (delta Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.95
Hypergiant

0.68
K0III
4767K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Phoenicis is distant 147.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

45.15
147.18
-7 km/s
0.142 arcsec/y
0.151"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Phoenicis
(delta Phoenicis)
SAO215536
SAO215536

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ Phoenicis (delta Phoenicis) rise, transit and set times from Periyapattinam, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 138.9°
Max altitude: 31.8°
Azimuth: 221.1°