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η Phoenicis (eta Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.65°   Az: 139.66°   Direction: South-East

η Phoenicis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Phoenix.

η Phoenicis visual magnitude is 4.36. Because of its moderate brightness, η 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 η Phoenicis (eta Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of η Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of η Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 44m 29s
-57° 19’ 25”
18h 52m 01s
19h 36m 31s

J2000

00h 43m 21s
-57° 27’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

305.08°
-59.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Phoenicis (eta Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.36
Hypergiant

0.02
A0IV
10125K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.36
11.36
7
19.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Phoenicis is distant 240.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

73.69
240.24
2 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

η Phoenicis
(eta Phoenicis)
SAO232162
SAO232162

Visibility from Your Location

η Phoenicis (eta Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK