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| name | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | skybber | 2021-07-17 17:52:15.161132 | skybber | 2021-07-17 17:52:15.161448 |
A constellation of the southern sky lying outside the Milky Way between Fomalhaut of the Southern Fish and Achernar of Eridanus. Only the northern part of the constellation rises 1 degree above the horizon during the autumn months. Just above the horizon the whole constellation appears only in the southern regions of the Mediterranean. With the exception of the star SX Phoenicia, Phoenix contains essentially no objects of interest. In this part of the sky, however, a view of the world of distant (faint) galaxies is uncovered. The quartet of NGC 87-88-89 and NGC 92, 180 million light-years away, is a tour of different types of star systems in large telescopes: NGC 87 is an irregular galaxy, NGC 88 is a spiral galaxy with an outer gas envelope, NGC 89 has two distinctive broad arms, and NGC 92 has one exceptionally long spiral arm.
