Its story
Tau Phe has a visual magnitude of about 5.49: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for Tau Phe: right ascension 0h 1m 5s, declination −48° 48′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).
Tau Phe. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 88, HD 224834, Gaia DR3 4977699562277892864. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 88
- Right ascension
- 0h 01m 05s
- Declination
- −48° 48′ 36″
- Magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- ≈ 489 ly
Data: gaia-dr3