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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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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