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public  Sainte-Marie, Reunion Sainte-Marie, Reunion  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Reunion
Sunrise: 6:55 
Transit: 12:23 
Sunset: 17:51
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π Phoenicis (pi Phoenicis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:56 | Tran: 4:57 | Set: 12:54
Alt: 35.02°   Az: 219.57°   Direction: South-West

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”
03h 56m 47s
03h 57m 01s

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

Today's π Phoenicis (pi Phoenicis) rise, transit and set times from Sainte-Marie, Reunion are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Reunion):

Azimuth: 142.6°
Max altitude: 58.3°
Azimuth: 217.4°