24 Eridani

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:20 | Tran: 3:17 | Set: 9:09

Alt: -39.49° Az: 5.19° Direction: North

24 Eridani is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Eridanus.

24 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its faintness, 24 Eridani is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 24 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Eridani during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 45m 46s

Declination -01° 05’ 11”

Hour Angle 12h 16m 00s

Sidereal Time 16h 01m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 44m 30s

Declination -01° 09’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 188.32°

Galactic Latitude -41.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 24 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.25

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.26

Spectral Type B7V

Color Index (B-V) -0.1

Temperature 11573K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Eridani is distant 653.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 200.40

Distance (light year) 653.31

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23363

SAO Catalogue SAO130698

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17457

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 526

FK5 Catalogue 137

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.1° RISE 21:20

Max altitude: 37.4° TRANSIT 3:17

Azimuth: 268.9° SET 9:09

Set Location

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