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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:51 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:17
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λ2 Phoenicis (lambda2 Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.34°   Az: 180.71°   Direction: South

λ2 Phoenicis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Phoenix.

λ2 Phoenicis visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, λ2 Phoenicis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of λ2 Phoenicis (lambda2 Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of λ2 Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of λ2 Phoenicis during the next 1000 years (0.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 36m 53s
-47° 51’ 38”
00h 04m 11s
00h 41m 04s

J2000

00h 35m 41s
-48° 00’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

310.27°
-68.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ2 Phoenicis (lambda2 Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Main-sequence

2.72
F6V
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where λ2 Phoenicis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of λ2 Phoenicis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ2 Phoenicis is distant 118.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

36.22
118.07
8 km/s
0.045 arcsec/y
-0.104"/y

Alternative Designations

λ2 Phoenicis
(lambda2 Phoenicis)
SAO215157
SAO215157

Visibility from Your Location

λ2 Phoenicis (lambda2 Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK