Generalities: it is a constellation of the southern sky, not very bright. Its transit at midnight takes place in November.

Origins and mythology: it is one among the "modern "constellations, introduced by Bayer in the seventeenth century. Despite the fact that it recalls the image of the bird that grew again from its ashes themselves, its origins aren't to be found in mythological circumstances.

Stars: the Phoenix shows a quite bright star, the alpha, of magnitude 2.39, orange color and  78 light-years far, named Ankaa. In this constellation there are then other six stars under  magnitude 4.

Table of stars brighter than magnitude 3.5
 

Star	Proper name	Magnitude	Spectrum	Color	Distance (light-years)	Notes
Alpha	Ankaa	2.39	K0	orange	78
Beta		3.31	G8	yellow-orange	130
Gamma		3.41	K5	orange	910

Other objects: objects of particular interest aren't included.
 

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