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59 Eridani

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:25 | Tran: 18:57 | Set: 23:30
Alt: 19.02°   Az: 155.41°   Direction: South-South-East

59 Eridani is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Eridanus.

59 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 59 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 59 Eridani star
DSS2 image of 59 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Eridani during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 49m 40s
-16° 17’ 12”
22h 23m 13s
03h 12m 54s

J2000

04h 48m 32s
-16° 19’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

214.78°
-34.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 59 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Main-sequence

2.68
F6V
6170K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Eridani is distant 135.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

41.56
135.49
35 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO149901
SAO149901

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 59 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.3°
Max altitude: 22.2°
Azimuth: 253.7°