Arabic star names / Ankaa

Ankaa

العنقاء

Ankaa comes from the Arabic العنقاء (al-ʿAnqāʾ), which means “the phoenix”. It is the 85th-brightest star in the sky, in Phoenix.

Brightness

2.40

Colour

orange

Constellation

Phoenix

Best seen

November evenings

Right ascension

0h 26m

Declination

−42° 18′

The name

The brightest star of Phoenix, named with the Arabic word for the mythical bird.

Where you can see it

It rises everywhere south of 48°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 23° above the horizon. Never rises over London. From Sydney it climbs to 82° above the horizon.