14 Eridani

Altitude: 15.1° Azimuth: 127.1° Direction: South-East

14 Eridani is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Eridanus.

14 Eridani visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, 14 Eridani should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 14 Eridani:

Color of 14 Eridani ⬤

Magnitude of 14 Eridani 6.14

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

14 Eridani is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 15.1°
Azimuth: 127.1°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 14 Eridani

14 Eridani is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 14 Eridani are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 16m 35s

Declination J2000 -09° 09’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 192.19°

Galactic Latitude -51.33°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 14 Eridani in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 14 Eridani.

Visibility of 14 Eridani from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 14 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.2° RISE 16:51

Max altitude: 29.4° TRANSIT 22:03

Azimuth: 260.8° SET 3:18

Digitized Sky Survey image of 14 Eridani

The image below is a photograph of 14 Eridani from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 14 Eridani is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.048 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 14 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Eridani during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 14 Eridani from the Sun and relative movement

14 Eridani is distant 113.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 34.69 pc

Distance (light year) 113.08 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.048 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 14 Eridani

14 Eridani belongs to spectral class F1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.44

Spectral Type F1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature of 14 Eridani 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 14 Eridani

Flamsteed designation 14 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20395

SAO Catalogue SAO130395

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15244

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 627

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