Its story
Kap Phe has a visual magnitude of about 3.92: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Kap Phe: right ascension 0h 26m 12s, declination −43° 40′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).
Kap Phe. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2072, HD 2262, Gaia DR3 4992538055808271360. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 2072
- Right ascension
- 0h 26m 12s
- Declination
- −43° 40′ 47″
- Magnitude
- 3.92
- Distance
- ≈ 78.2 ly
Data: gaia-dr3