Phi Phoenicis

Phi Phoenicis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 01h 54m 22.032s
Declination −42° 29 48.94
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.115
Characteristics
Spectral type B9pHgMn
B9V
U−B color index −0.125
B−V color index −0.06
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)10.44±0.04 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −33.476 mas/yr
Dec.: −30.113 mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.185±0.1886 mas
Distance320 ± 6 ly
(98 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.243±0.076
Orbit
Period (P)1,126.11±0.16 d
Semi-major axis (a)36.3 mas
Eccentricity (e)0.589±0.004
Inclination (i)93±4.7°
Periastron epoch (T)2453766.2±2.2
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)
3.52±0.01 [rad]°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
9.21±0.09 km/s
Details
φ Phe A
Mass3.0±0.12 M
Radius2.817±0.157 R
Luminosity87±7 L
Surface gravity (log g)3.8±0.1 cgs
Temperature10,500±200 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.15 dex
Rotation9.53077±0.00011 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)13.62±0.22 km/s
Age260 Myr
φ Phe B
Mass0.91±0.025 M
Other designations
φ Phe, CPD−43°583, FK5 1053, GC 2315, HD 11753, HIP 8882, HR 558, SAO 215697
Database references
SIMBADdata

Phi Phoenicis, Latinized from φ Phoenicis, is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Phoenix. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.1. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.185 mas as seen from Earth, it is located approximately 320 light years from the Sun. It is moving away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 10.4 km/s.