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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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46 Eridani

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:44 | Tran: 14:08 | Set: 19:33
Alt: 31.09°   Az: 167.43°   Direction: South-South-East

46 Eridani is a variable and double star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Eridanus.

46 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 46 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.

Image of 46 Eridani star
DSS2 image of 46 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Eridani during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 35m 09s
-06° 41’ 14”
23h 16m 43s
03h 51m 52s

J2000

04h 33m 54s
-06° 44’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

202.47°
-33.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 46 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
46 Eridani is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-1.17
B9
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

46 Eridani is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 46 Eridani double sysyem:

5.72
10.52
4.8
1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

46 Eridani is distant 779.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

239.23
779.90
2 km/s
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO131309
SAO131309

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 46 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.7°
Max altitude: 31.8°
Azimuth: 263.3°