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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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μ Phoenicis (mu Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.98°   Az: 231.44°   Direction: South-West

μ Phoenicis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Phoenix.

μ Phoenicis visual magnitude is 4.59. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Phoenicis (mu Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of μ Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 42m 31s
-45° 56’ 44”
05h 18m 37s
06h 01m 09s

J2000

00h 41m 19s
-46° 05’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

308.31°
-70.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Phoenicis (mu Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.59
Giant

0.19
G8III
4816K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Phoenicis is distant 247.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

75.82
247.16
19 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Phoenicis
(mu Phoenicis)
SAO215194
SAO215194

Visibility from Your Location

μ Phoenicis (mu Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK