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ε Phoenicis (epsilon Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -11.22°   Az: 203.00°   Direction: South-South-West

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

ε Phoenicis visual magnitude is 3.88. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Phoenicis (epsilon Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of ε Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Phoenicis during the next 1000 years (2.07 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 10m 40s
-45° 36’ 27”
02h 12m 51s
02h 23m 32s

J2000

00h 09m 24s
-45° 44’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

324.34°
-69.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Phoenicis (epsilon Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.88
Hypergiant

0.71
K0III
4672K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Phoenicis is distant 140.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

42.96
140.03
-9 km/s
0.124 arcsec/y
-0.181"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Phoenicis
(epsilon Phoenicis)
SAO214983
SAO214983

Visibility from Your Location

ε Phoenicis (epsilon Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK