Star profile
Nu Phoenicis
Nearby starWhat is Nu Phoenicis
Nu Phoenicis shines in the constellation of the Phoenix, the mythical bird reborn from fire that Dutch navigators sketched into the southern sky at the close of the sixteenth century. It is a yellow-white F-type star only 49.3 light-years away, near enough to be counted a neighbour. It belongs to the spectral family of many stars surveyed for planets: warm, steady, of mass close to the Sun's and calm enough to preserve rocky discs.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu 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 4° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 44° N.
It ranks no. 15 in brightness among the 39 stars of Phoenix in our catalogue. To find it, start from Ankaa, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 49 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Nu Phoenicis
- Constellation
- Phoenix
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.97
- Distance
- 49.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 18.796° · Dec -45.532°
- Catalogue
- HIP 5862 · HD 7570
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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
- HIP 1166024.74
- Lambda 1 Phoenicis4.76
- HIP 90954.82
- Phi Phoenicis5.12
- Pi Phoenicis5.13