An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A constellation in the southern hemisphere, at 0h 30m → right ascension, 50° south → declination. Its brightest star Alpha Phoenicis is of magnitude 2.4. Abbreviation: Phe; genitive: Phoenicis.

Etymology (EN): L. Phoenix, also phenix, from Gk. phoinix a mythical bird of great beauty which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

Etymology (PE): Qoqnos, from Ar., from Gk., as above, or, for some reasons (mistake?),
from Gk. kuknos, → Cygnus.