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ι Phoenicis (iota Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -6.49°   Az: 161.51°   Direction: South-South-East

ι Phoenicis is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Phoenix.

ι Phoenicis visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Phoenicis (iota Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of ι Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (7.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 36m 26s
-42° 28’ 26”
22h 18m 51s
21h 55m 17s

J2000

23h 35m 04s
-42° 36’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

343.07°
-68.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Phoenicis (iota Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Main-sequence
ι Phoenicis is also a SrCrEu chemically peculiar star.

0.09
A2V
9226K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι 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 ι Phoenicis double sysyem:

4.71
12.71
8
7.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Phoenicis is distant 273.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

83.89
273.49
19 km/s
0.046 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Phoenicis
(iota Phoenicis)
SAO231675
SAO231675

Visibility from Your Location

ι Phoenicis (iota Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK