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TimezoneEurope/Paris
Sunrise: 6:09 
Transit: 13:59 
Sunset: 21:48
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π Phoenicis (pi Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -63.12°   Az: 118.89°   Direction: East-South-East

π Phoenicis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Phoenix.

π Phoenicis visual magnitude is 5.13. Because of its faintness, π 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 π Phoenicis (pi Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of π Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of π Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 00m 14s
-52° 36’ 13”
14h 42m 43s
14h 42m 57s

J2000

23h 58m 55s
-52° 44’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

320.3°
-62.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Phoenicis (pi Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.13
Hypergiant

0.65
K0III
4451K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Phoenicis is distant 256.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

78.74
256.69
-14 km/s
0.055 arcsec/y
0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

π Phoenicis
(pi Phoenicis)
SAO248087
SAO248087

Visibility from Your Location

π Phoenicis (pi Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Châteauponsac, France