Constellation
The constellation Phoenix
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Phoenix gathers 39 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Ankaa, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around October.
Phoenix in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 39
- Brightest star
- Ankaa
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- October
- With a proper name
- 2
- Nearest star
- Nu Phoenicis
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.40
Declination from -57° to -40°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
49 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Phoenix
The 39 stars of Phoenix catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AnkaaAlpha Phoenicis2.40
- Beta Phoenicis3.32
- Gamma Phoenicis3.41
- Epsilon Phoenicis3.88
- Kappa Phoenicis3.93
- Delta Phoenicis3.93
- WurrenZeta Phoenicis3.94
- Eta Phoenicis4.36
- Psi Phoenicis4.39
- Mu Phoenicis4.59
- Iota Phoenicis4.69
- HIP 1166024.74
- Lambda 1 Phoenicis4.76
- HIP 90954.82
- Nu Phoenicis4.97
- Phi Phoenicis5.12
- Pi Phoenicis5.13
- Chi Phoenicis5.15
- Sigma Phoenicis5.18
- Upsilon Phoenicis5.21
- Rho Phoenicis5.24
- HIP 48905.39
- HIP 22405.42
- HIP 65925.42
- HIP 82405.49
- Lambda 2 Phoenicis5.51
- HIP 1075.53
- HIP 27115.57
- HIP 93135.57
- HIP 23835.67
- HIP 5225.70
- Tau Phoenicis5.71
- Xi Phoenicis5.72
- HIP 35835.80
- HIP 100355.84
- HIP 104405.91
- HIP 35215.94
- HIP 85935.94
- HIP 31376.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.