Editing Phoenix (constellation) (section)

==Characteristics==
Phoenix is a small constellation bordered by [[Fornax]] and Sculptor to the north, Grus to the west, Tucana to the south, touching on the corner of [[Hydrus]] to the south, and [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]] to the east and southeast. The bright star [[Achernar]] is nearby.<ref name=klepesta>{{cite book|last=Klepešta|first=Josef|author2=Rükl, Antonín|title=Constellations|publisher=Hamlyn|date=1974|orig-year=1969|pages=[https://archive.org/details/constellationsco0000klep/page/214 214–15]|isbn=978-0-600-00893-4|url=https://archive.org/details/constellationsco0000klep/page/214}}</ref> The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the [[International Astronomical Union]] in 1922, is "Phe".<ref name=pa30_469>{{cite journal | last=Russell | first=Henry Norris |author-link=Henry Norris Russell | title=The new international symbols for the constellations | journal=[[Popular Astronomy (US magazine)|Popular Astronomy]] | volume=30 | pages=469–71| bibcode=1922PA.....30..469R | date=1922 }}</ref> The official constellation boundaries, as set by Belgian astronomer [[Eugène Joseph Delporte|Eugène Delporte]] in 1930, are defined by a polygon of 10 segments. In the [[equatorial coordinate system]], the [[right ascension]] coordinates of these borders lie between {{RA|23|26.5}} and {{RA|02|25.0}}, while the [[declination]] coordinates are between −39.31° and −57.84°.<ref name=boundary>{{Cite journal | title=Phoenix, constellation boundary | journal=The Constellations | publisher=International Astronomical Union | url=https://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/#phe | access-date=23 August 2012 }}</ref> This means it remains below the horizon to anyone living north of the [[40th parallel north|40th parallel]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], and remains low in the sky for anyone living north of the [[equator]]. It is most visible from locations such as Australia and South Africa during late [[Southern Hemisphere]] spring.<ref name="motz"/> Most of the constellation lies within, and can be located by, forming a triangle of the bright stars Achernar, [[Fomalhaut]] and [[Beta Ceti]]—Ankaa lies roughly in the centre of this.<ref name="heifetz">{{cite book|author=Heifetz, Milton|author2=Tirion, Wil |author2-link=Wil Tirion |title=A Walk Through the Southern Sky: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|date=2007|pages=30–31|isbn=978-1139461382|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3PIyHY5hSAC&q=phoenix+constellation}}</ref>