Star profile
Lambda 1 Phoenicis
What is Lambda 1 Phoenicis
Lambda1 Phoenicis burns some 173 light-years away within the Phoenix, the southern figure Dutch navigators added to the sky in the late 16th century, evoking the bird reborn from its ashes. It is a white A-type star, young and luminous in stellar terms, whose light crosses space with the crispness characteristic of its class.
Where it is and when to see it
Lambda 1 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 September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 1° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 41° N.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 170 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Lambda 1 Phoenicis
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.76
- Distance
- 172.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 7.854° · Dec -48.804°
- Catalogue
- HIP 2472 · HD 2834
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Other stars in Phoenix
Phoenix has 39 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AnkaaAlpha Phoenicis2.40
- Beta Phoenicis3.32
- Gamma Phoenicis3.41
- Mu Phoenicis4.59
- Iota Phoenicis4.69
- HIP 1166024.74
- HIP 90954.82
- Nu Phoenicis4.97