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public  Deh-e Now, Afghanistan Deh-e Now, Afghanistan  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kabul
Sunrise: 4:46 
Transit: 11:58 
Sunset: 19:09
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κ Phoenicis (kappa Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:18 | Tran: 5:35 | Set: 8:49
Alt: -6.08°   Az: 219.72°   Direction: South-West

κ Phoenicis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Phoenix.

κ Phoenicis visual magnitude is 3.94. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Phoenicis (kappa Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of κ Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Phoenicis during the next 1000 years (1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.48 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 27m 26s
-43° 32’ 20”
04h 04m 56s
04h 32m 23s

J2000

00h 26m 12s
-43° 40’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

318.42°
-72.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Phoenicis (kappa Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.94
Main-sequence

2.08
A7V
8403K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Phoenicis is distant 76.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

23.52
76.69
11 km/s
0.109 arcsec/y
0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Phoenicis
(kappa Phoenicis)
SAO215092
SAO215092

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ Phoenicis (kappa Phoenicis) rise, transit and set times from Deh-e Now, Afghanistan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kabul):

Azimuth: 133.5°
Max altitude: 11.7°
Azimuth: 226.5°