Star profile
Eta Phoenicis
What is Eta Phoenicis
η Phoenicis is a white A-type star in the body of the Phoenix, the bird reborn from its own ashes in Egyptian and Greek tradition. It shines with the clean, crisp tone of youthful stars, ruling a region of the southern sky that only entered Western charts in the 16th century. Its light, traveller of several centuries, now reaches our telescopes from the plumage of the immortal bird.
Where it is and when to see it
Eta 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 never sets and culminates about 66° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 33° N.
It ranks no. 8 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 250 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Eta Phoenicis
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.36
- Distance
- 246.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 10.839° · Dec -57.463°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3405 · HD 4150
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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
- Kappa Phoenicis3.93
- Delta Phoenicis3.93
- WurrenZeta Phoenicis3.94
- Psi Phoenicis4.39
- Mu Phoenicis4.59