The Phoenix
Near the River's End, the star Achernar in Eridanus, rises the constellation of the Phoenix. This star-group contains a number of noticeable stars, but little else
of interest.
Derivation
To Arab astronomers, this group of stars represented a boat, moored to the banks of the River Eridanus. Its description as a phoenix, the mythical bird that could
rise from its own ashes, is comparatively recent. It seems to date from the late 1500's, and was recorded by Bayer in 1603.
Stars
By far the most prominent of the Phoenix' stars is Ankaa, or Alpha Phoenicis, whose magnitude of +2.4 makes far more noticeable than any of the other stars in the group.
Ankaa is an orange giant star, a little under eighty light years from Earth.
Ankaa is almost a magnitude brighter than the next brightest members of the constellation: Beta and Gamma Phoenicis are both variable giant stars, nearly three times as far from the
Solar System as Ankaa.
Galaxy In Phoenix
NGC 625
Interstellar galaxy NGC 625 upon further investigation is believed that ngc 625 is a new solar system in the constellation of phoenix very much like our own system.
The milky way.
Planetary Destinations In Phoenix
HD 142 (G1 IV)
Parent Star: HD 142 (G1 IV) in the constellation of Phoenix
is located at a distance of 67.18 Light Years from our Solar system Co-ordinates of Right Ascension: 00 06 19.1755 & Declination: -49 04 30.688. The apparent Magnitude of the star
is 5.7. The Inner Edge of Habitability Zone is 0.9 AU & the Outer Edge of Habitability Zone: 0.98 AU. Orbiting around HD 142 is planet HD 142 b the planet is believed to be a
sulfurous cloud jovian, eccentric and its exitence has been confirmed. The Planets Appearance is sulfur stained clouds of water or H2SO4. The planet is positioned at the inner edge of
Habitability Zone at Mean Orbital Distance of 0.98 AU. The planet Orbits around the star every 337.112 Days and was discovered by Vogt S., Butler P., Marcy G., Fischer D., Pourbaix D.,
Apps K., & Laughlin G, in 2001.
HD 2039 (G2/G3 IV/V)
Parent Star: HD 2039 (G2/G3 IV/V) in the constellation
of Phoenix is located at a distance of 292.89 Light Years from our Solar system Co-ordinates of Right Ascension: 00 24 20.2778 & Declination: -56 39 00.171. The apparent Magnitude
of the star is 9.01. The Inner Edge of Habitability Zone is 0.7 AU & the Outer Edge of Habitability Zone: 2.18 AU. Orbiting around HD 2039 is planet HD 2039 b the planet is believed
to be a water cloud jovian, eccentric and its exitence has been confirmed. The Planets Appearance is white water ice clouds. The planet is positioned outside of Habitability Zone at
Mean Orbital Distance of 2.19 ± 0.2 AU. The planet Orbits around the star every 1192.582 ± 150 Days and was discovered by Tinney et al. on 1 Jul 2002.
HD 6434 (G3 IV)
Parent Star: HD 6434 (G3 IV) in the constellation of
Phoenix is located at a distance of 131.5 Light Years from our Solar system Co-ordinates of Right Ascension: 01 04 40.1511 & Declination: -39 29 17.583. The apparent Magnitude of
the star is 7.72. The Inner Edge of Habitability Zone is 0.57 AU & the Outer Edge of Habitability Zone: 1.79 AU. Orbiting around HD 6434 is planet HD 6434 b the planet is believed
to be a clarified jovian, eccentric and its exitence has been confirmed. The Planets Appearance is blue and cloudless. The planet is positioned outside of the habitability zone at mean
orbital distance of 0.15 AU. The planet Orbits around the star every 22.09 Days and was discovered by M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N.C. Santos S. Udry, in 2000.
