Star profile

Upsilon Phoenicis

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is Upsilon Phoenicis

Upsilon Phoenicis is a blue-white subgiant pair in the southern Phoenix, about 186 light-years away. The primary, of type A3, shines with the light of some 25 suns from a surface between 7,500 and 10,000 K. The two stars split only in a large telescope, but the light reaching the naked eye is already the result of their quiet sum, propagated for nearly two centuries.

Where it is and when to see it

Upsilon 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 8° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 82° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 49° N.

It ranks no. 20 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 190 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Upsilon Phoenicis

Constellation: Phoenix
Apparent magnitude: 5.21
Distance: 185.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 16.949° · Dec -41.487°
Catalogue: HIP 5300 · HD 6767

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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