phoenix

1. Mythology. A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.
2. A person or thing of unsurpassed excellence or beauty; a paragon.
3. Phoenix A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.

[Middle English fenix, from Old English from Old French, both from Medieval Latin fēnix, from Latin phoenix, from Greek phoinix.]

(FEE-niks)

noun
1. A person or thing of unparalleled beauty or excellence.
2. A person or thing that has regenerated or rejuvenated after a great misfortune.

Etymology
After a fabulous bird of great beauty in Egyptian mythology. It lived to 500 years and burned itself on a funeral pyre to be born again from the ashes

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noun

A person or thing so excellent as to have no equal or match: nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon. See good/bad.

A mythical bird that periodically burned itself to death and emerged from the ashes as a new phoenix. According to most stories, the rebirth of the phoenix happened every five hundred years. Only one phoenix lived at a time.

n.

The classical prototype of the modern "small hot bird."

Phoenix

Constellation
List of stars in Phoenix
Abbreviation	Phe
Genitive	Phoenicis
Pronunciation	/ˈfiːnɪks/, genitive /fɨˈnaɪsɨs/
Symbolism	the Phoenix
Right ascension	0
Declination	−50
Area	469 sq. deg. (37th)
Main stars	4
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	25
Stars with known planets	6
Bright stars	1
Nearby stars	2
Brightest star	α Phoenicis (Ankaa) (2.39m)
Nearest star	ν Phoenicis (49.1 ly)
Messier objects	0
Meteor showers	Phoenicids
Bordering constellations	Sculptor Grus Tucana Hydrus (corner) Eridanus Fornax
Visible at latitudes between +32° and −90°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November.

Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the Phoenix, a mythical bird. It is faint; there are only two stars in the whole constellation which are brighter than magnitude 5.0. Alpha Phoenicis is named Ankaa, an Arabic word meaning 'the boat'.

The constellation stretches from roughly −39° to −57° declination, and from 23.5h to 2.5h of right ascension. This means it is generally invisible to anyone living north of the 40th parallel in the Northern Hemisphere, and remains low in the sky for anyone living north of the equator. It is easily visible from locations such as Australia and South Africa during Southern Hemisphere summer.

Phoenix was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

Phoenix is associated with the minor Phoenicids meteor shower of December 5th.

References

• Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). Stars and Planets Guide, Collins, London. ISBN 978-0007251209. Princeton University Press, Princeton. ISBN 978-0691135564.

External links

• Media related to Phoenix (constellation) at Wikimedia Commons
• The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Phoenix
• The clickable Phoenix
• Starry Night Photography - Phoenix Constellation
• Star Tales – Phoenix

v • d • e The 88 modern constellations Andromeda · Antlia · Apus · Aquarius · Aquila · Ara · Aries · Auriga · Boötes · Caelum · Camelopardalis · Cancer · Canes Venatici · Canis Major · Canis Minor · Capricornus · Carina · Cassiopeia · Centaurus · Cepheus · Cetus · Chamaeleon · Circinus · Columba · Coma Berenices · Corona Australis · Corona Borealis · Corvus · Crater · Crux · Cygnus · Delphinus · Dorado · Draco · Equuleus · Eridanus · Fornax · Gemini · Grus · Hercules · Horologium · Hydra · Hydrus · Indus · Lacerta · Leo · Leo Minor · Lepus · Libra · Lupus · Lynx · Lyra · Mensa · Microscopium · Monoceros · Musca · Norma · Octans · Ophiuchus · Orion · Pavo · Pegasus · Perseus · Phoenix · Pictor · Pisces · Piscis Austrinus · Puppis · Pyxis · Reticulum · Sagitta · Sagittarius · Scorpius · Sculptor · Scutum · Serpens · Sextans · Taurus · Telescopium · Triangulum · Triangulum Australe · Tucana · Ursa Major · Ursa Minor · Vela · Virgo · Volans · Vulpecula

v • d • e Constellation history v • d • e The 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy after 150 AD Andromeda · Aquarius · Aquila · Ara · Argo Navis · Aries · Auriga · Boötes · Cancer · Canis Major · Canis Minor · Capricornus · Cassiopeia · Centaurus · Cepheus · Cetus · Corona Australis · Corona Borealis · Corvus · Crater · Cygnus · Delphinus · Draco · Equuleus · Eridanus · Gemini · Hercules · Hydra · Leo · Lepus · Libra · Lupus · Lyra · Ophiuchus · Orion · Pegasus · Perseus · Pisces · Piscis Austrinus · Sagitta · Sagittarius · Scorpius · Serpens · Taurus · Triangulum · Ursa Major · Ursa Minor · Virgo v • d • e The 41 modern additional constellations from 1603 AD and forth ▶ Vespucci or Corsalius early 16c: Crux · Triangulum Australe ▶ Vopel 1536: Coma Berenices ▶ Keyser & de Houtman 1596: Apus · Chamaeleon · Dorado · Grus · Hydrus · Indus · Musca · Pavo · Phoenix · Tucana · Volans ▶ Plancius 1613: Camelopardalis · Columba · Monoceros ▶ Habrecht 1621: Reticulum ▶ Hevelius 1683: Canes Venatici · Lacerta · Leo Minor · Lynx · Scutum · Sextans · Vulpecula ▶ de Lacaille 1763: Antlia · Caelum · Carina · Circinus · Fornax · Horologium · Mensa · Microscopium · Norma · Octans · Pictor · Puppis · Pyxis · Sculptor · Telescopium · Vela v • d • e Obsolete constellations including Ptolemy's Argo Navis Anser · Antinous · Argo Navis · Asterion · Cancer Minor · Cerberus · Chara · Custos Messium · Felis · Frederici Honores/Gloria Frederici · Gallus · Globus Aerostaticus · Jordanus · Lochium Funis · Machina Electrica · Malus · Mons Maenalus · Musca Borealis · Noctua · Officina Typographica · Polophylax · Psalterium Georgianum/Harpa Georgii · Quadrans Muralis · Ramus Pomifer · Robur Carolinum · Sceptrum Brandenburgicum · Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae · Solarium · Rangifer/Tarandus · Taurus Poniatovii · Telescopium Herschelii · Testudo · Tigris · Triangulum Minus · Turdus Solitarius · Vultur cadens · Vultur volans obsolete constellation names Apis · Phoenicopterus · Serpentarius · Vespa · Xiphias

Coordinates: 00^h 00^m 00^s, −50° 00′ 00″

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Føniks, pragteksemplar

n. - Phoenix

Nederlands (Dutch)
feniks

Français (French)
n. - phénix

n. - Phoenix

Deutsch (German)
n. - Phönix

n. - Phoenix

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μυθολ.) φοίνικας

Italiano (Italian)
fenice

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fênix (f)

n. - Fênix

Русский (Russian)
феникс, чудо века

Español (Spanish)
n. - fénix

n. - Phoenix

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fågel Fenix (myt.), dadelpalm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凤凰

凤凰, 完人, 长生鸟

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鳳凰

n. - 鳳凰, 完人, 長生鳥

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (이집트신) 불사조, 대천재, 봉황좌

피닉스 (미국 애리조나 주의 주도), (이집트 신화의) 불사조, 미해군의 F-14 Tomcat 전투기용 공대공 미사일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フェニックス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الفونيكس, العنقاء : طائر خرافي, شخص ذو جمال لا يضاهى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פניקס, עוף החול (ציפור אגדית)‬
n. - ‮פניקס‬

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