PHOENIX

SOUTHERN SKY

• Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky

FIRST DEPICTED

• it was first depicted on a celestial atlas by Johann Bayer in his 1603 Uranometria

LARGEST CONSTELLATION

• Phoenix was the largest of the twelve constellations established by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman

4 STARS

• Phoneix has 4 main stars
• Alpha, Kappa, Mu, Beta, Nu

SOURCES

• http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/phoenix.html
• http://space.about.com/od/starsplanetsgalaxies/ig/Constellations-Pictures/p...