37 Eridani

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:50 | Tran: 4:18 | Set: 9:41

Alt: 28.30° Az: 153.43° Direction: South-South-East

37 Eridani is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Eridanus.

37 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.44. Because of its faintness, 37 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 37 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Eridani during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 11m 35s

Declination -06° 51’ 38”

Hour Angle 22h 26m 31s

Sideral Time 02h 38m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 10m 22s

Declination -06° 55’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.19°

Galactic Latitude -38.76°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 37 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.44

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.13

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Eridani is distant 376.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 115.61

Distance (light year) 376.88

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26409

SAO Catalogue SAO131001

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19483

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 758

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.9° RISE 22:50

Max altitude: 31.7° TRANSIT 4:18

Azimuth: 263.1° SET 9:41

Set Location

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