Overview of phoenix constellation

Phoenix is a dark constellation, located between Beiluoshimen of Nanyu and Weiyi of Bojiang River.

The "Phoenix" in the name of the constellation actually refers to what westerners call the "immortal bird". It is said that it is a god bird before the arrival of the sun god. It burns itself every 500 years and then regenerates from the ashes of its own cremation. Phoenix is a smaller constellation in the south, discovered by Dutch navigators Peter Dekerzon Kaiser and Frederic de houtman, and spread by Uranometria in john bell in 1603. Center position: Right ascension 0: 40, declination -48 degrees. South of yufu, north of cuckoo, between crane and Bojiang River. Alpha star is a second-class star, and there are two third-class stars and six fourth-class stars.

As a southern constellation, it can only be seen in the tropics and southern hemisphere, and its geometric center passes through the meridian at the night of 65438+1October 4.