Star profile

Pi Phoenicis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Pi Phoenicis

Pi Phoenicis is a K-type orange giant in the constellation of the Phoenix, 287 light-years away, one of many warm embers populating that southern corner of the sky. Its light, set out around 1739, crossed our galactic neighbourhood throughout the entire Enlightenment before reaching the eye that gazes upon it today. It shines with the quiet calm of stars that have left their youth behind.

Where it is and when to see it

Pi Phoenicis lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 71° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 37° N.

It ranks no. 17 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Pi Phoenicis

Constellation: Phoenix
Apparent magnitude: 5.13
Distance: 287.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 359.732° · Dec -52.746°
Catalogue: HIP 118234 · HD 224554

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Other stars in Phoenix

Phoenix has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 39 stars in Phoenix