- Stars with a name
- Wurren
Wurren
ζ Phoenicis
Wurren is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Phoenix. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1727.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.94.
What it’s like
It gives off 194 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 11,600 degrees Celsius.
It is 298.7 light years away: 2826 trillion kilometres.