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Sunset: 21:16
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60 Eridani

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:19 | Tran: 10:52 | Set: 15:25
Alt: -38.75°   Az: 64.24°   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.

Image of 60 Eridani star
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

04h 51m 20s
-16° 10’ 29”
15h 07m 59s
19h 59m 20s

J2000

04h 50m 11s
-16° 13’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

214.84°
-33.96°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Hypergiant

0.67
K0III
4791K

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

HR 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.

74.63
243.28
37 km/s
0.041 arcsec/y
0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO149924
SAO149924

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°
Max altitude: 22.3°
Azimuth: 253.8°