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Sunset: 16:29
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17 Eridani

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:07 | Tran: 0:44 | Set: 6:17
Alt: 3.65°   Az: 257.28°   Direction: West-South-West

17 Eridani is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Eridanus.

17 Eridani visual magnitude is 4.73. Because of its moderate brightness, 17 Eridani is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 17 Eridani star
DSS2 image of 17 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Eridani during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 31m 51s
-04° 59’ 30”
05h 10m 57s
08h 42m 48s

J2000

03h 30m 37s
-05° 04’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

189.96°
-46.18°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 17 Eridani star
Simplified finder chart for 17 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.73
Main-sequence

-0.61
B9V
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Eridani is distant 380.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

116.69
380.40
15 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130528
SAO130528

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.0°
Max altitude: 33.5°
Azimuth: 265.0°