ε Phoenicis (epsilon Phoenicis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:57 | Tran: 7:08 | Set: 9:19

Alt: -20.18° Az: 226.90° Direction: 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

Right Ascension 00h 10m 41s

Declination -45° 36’ 20”

Hour Angle 05h 13m 34s

Sidereal Time 05h 24m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 09m 24s

Declination -45° 44’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 324.34°

Galactic Latitude -69.6°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.88

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

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

Distance (parsec) 42.96

Distance (light year) 140.03

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.124 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.181"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ε Phoenicis
(epsilon Phoenicis)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD496

SAO Catalogue SAO214983

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP765

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-46 18

Gliese Catalogue Gl 9.1

FK5 Catalogue 3

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Phoenicis (epsilon Phoenicis) rise, transit and set times from Perivóli, Greece are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Athens):

Azimuth: 135.6° RISE 4:57

Max altitude: 5.0° TRANSIT 7:08

Azimuth: 224.4° SET 9:19

Name:	Perivóli, Greece
Latitude:	39° 25' 9.8" N
Longitude:	20° 0' 52.9" E
Timezone:	Europe/Athens

Set Location

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