Star profile
Mu Phoenicis
What is Mu Phoenicis
Mu Phoenicis is a yellow giant in the constellation of the Phoenix, a figure born late, during the Dutch voyages of the sixteenth century, and named by Bayer after the bird that rises from its own ashes. The star has burned through its core hydrogen and now glows with a warm radiance from 246 light years away. It shines in a region of the southern sky that, for thousands of years, remained unnamed for the peoples of the Mediterranean.
Where it is and when to see it
Mu 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: 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 Mu Phoenicis
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.59
- Distance
- 245.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 10.331° · Dec -46.085°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3245 · HD 3919
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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
- WurrenZeta Phoenicis3.94
- Eta Phoenicis4.36
- Psi Phoenicis4.39
- Iota Phoenicis4.69
- HIP 1166024.74