Phoenix (constellation)
Phoenix (pronounced /ˈfiːnɪks/) is a small and not-so-bright constellation in the southern sky. It is one of the birds in a "nest" of bird constellations near it. This constellation was named after the mythical phoenix.
| Phoenix Click for larger image | |
| List of stars in Phoenix | |
| Abbreviation: | Phe |
| Genitive: | Phoenicis |
| Symbology: | the Phoenix |
| Right ascension: | 0 h |
| Declination: | −50° |
| Area: | 469 sq. deg. (37th) |
| Main stars: | 4 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars: | 25 |
| Stars known to have planets: | 3 |
| Bright stars: | 1 |
| Nearby stars: | 2 |
| Brightest star: | α Phoenicis (Ankaa) (2.39m) |
| Nearest star: | ν Phoenicis (49.1 ly) |
| Messier objects: | 0 |
| Meteor showers: | Phoenicids |
| Bordering constellations: | Sculptor Grus Tucana Hydrus (corner) Eridanus Fornax |
| Visible at latitudes between +32° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November | |
Mythology
This constellation represents a mythological bird that burns itself up every several hundred years then comes back alive from the ashes of the fire
Phoenix (constellation) Media
- Phoenix in Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis.jpg
The constellation Phoenix as depicted in Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr's Atlas Coelestis, ca. 1742
- Johann Bayer - Uraniometria - Southern Birds.jpg
The "southern birds", as depicted in Johann Bayer's Uranometria. Phoenix is on the lower left.
- Constellation Phoenix.jpg
The constellation Phoenix as it can be seen by the naked eye
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