60 Eridani

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:04 | Tran: 13:37 | Set: 18:10

Alt: -34.91° Az: 70.66° Direction: East-North-East

60 Eridani is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

60 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Eridani during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 51m 20s

Declination -16° 10’ 30”

Hour Angle 15h 34m 42s

Sidereal Time 20h 26m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 50m 11s

Declination -16° 13’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 214.84°

Galactic Latitude -33.96°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.03

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.67

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Eridani is distant 243.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.63

Distance (light year) 243.28

Radial Speed 37 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30814

SAO Catalogue SAO149924

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22479

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 964

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1740

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.2° RISE 9:04

Max altitude: 22.3° TRANSIT 13:37

Azimuth: 253.8° SET 18:10

Set Location

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