Constellations
Phoenix (Phe)
The Phoenix
6 looks for Phoenix
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Phoenix
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Phoenix
- IAU abbreviation
- Phe
- Its stars are named
- Phoenicis (as in "Alpha Phoenicis")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in November
- Centre
- Right ascension 0h 58m, declination −47° 20′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 7 lines
- Brightest star
- Ankaa, magnitude 2.39
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Ankaa (α Phe)mag 2.39
- β Phemag 3.31
- γ Phemag 3.41
- ε Phemag 3.88
- Wurren (ζ Phe)mag 3.92
- δ Phemag 3.95
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation