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λ1 Phoenicis (lambda1 Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -80.46°   Az: 78.43°   Direction: East-North-East

λ1 Phoenicis is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Phoenix.

λ1 Phoenicis visual magnitude is 4.77. Because of its moderate brightness, λ1 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 λ1 Phoenicis (lambda1 Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of λ1 Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of λ1 Phoenicis during the next 1000 years (2.38 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.28 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 32m 36s
-48° 39’ 58”
12h 56m 55s
13h 29m 31s

J2000

00h 31m 24s
-48° 48’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

311.75°
-67.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ1 Phoenicis (lambda1 Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.77
Hypergiant

1.16
A0V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where λ1 Phoenicis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of λ1 Phoenicis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

λ1 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 λ1 Phoenicis double sysyem:

4.77
13.57
8.8
30.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ1 Phoenicis is distant 171.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

52.71
171.85
-2 km/s
0.143 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

λ1 Phoenicis
(lambda1 Phoenicis)
SAO215131
SAO215131

Visibility from Your Location

λ1 Phoenicis (lambda1 Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK