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υ Phoenicis (upsilon Phoenicis)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.94°   Az: 49.50°   Direction: North-East

υ Phoenicis is a double sub-giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Phoenix.

υ Phoenicis visual magnitude is 5.21. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Phoenicis (upsilon Phoenicis) star
DSS2 image of υ Phoenicis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Phoenicis during the next 10000 years (6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 08m 55s
-41° 21’ 15”
12h 56m 58s
14h 05m 54s

J2000

01h 07m 47s
-41° 29’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

290.82°
-75.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Phoenicis (upsilon Phoenicis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.21
Sub-giant

1.29
A3IV
8486K

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

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

Star System Properties

υ 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 υ Phoenicis double sysyem:

5.21
5.61
0.4
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Phoenicis is distant 197.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

60.68
197.82
14 km/s
0.038 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Phoenicis
(upsilon Phoenicis)
SAO215374
SAO215374

Visibility from Your Location

υ Phoenicis (upsilon Phoenicis) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK