58 Eridani

Altitude: 4.0° Azimuth: 123.8° Direction: South-East

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

58 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its reltive faintness, 58 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 58 Eridani:

Color of 58 Eridani ⬤

Magnitude of 58 Eridani 5.51

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 4.0°
Azimuth: 123.8°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 58 Eridani

58 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 58 Eridani are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 47m 36s

Declination J2000 -16° 56’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 215.37°

Galactic Latitude -34.81°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 58 Eridani in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 58 Eridani.

Visibility of 58 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 58 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: 106.9° RISE 19:28

Max altitude: 21.6° TRANSIT 0:01

Azimuth: 253.1° SET 4:29

Digitized Sky Survey image of 58 Eridani

The image below is a photograph of 58 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 58 Eridani is 0.133 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 58 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Eridani during the next 1000 years (2.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 58 Eridani from the Sun and relative movement

58 Eridani is distant 43.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 13.32 pc

Distance (light year) 43.41 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.133 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.17 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 58 Eridani

58 Eridani belongs to spectral class G2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 4.89

Spectral Type G2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.63

Temperature of 58 Eridani 5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 58 Eridani

Flamsteed designation 58 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30495

SAO Catalogue SAO149888

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22263

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 954

Gliese Catalogue Gl 177

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