62 Eridani

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:38 | Tran: 6:15 | Set: 11:47

Alt: -28.99° Az: 57.87° Direction: East-North-East

62 Eridani is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Eridanus.

62 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, 62 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 62 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 62 Eridani during the next 100000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 57m 37s

Declination -05° 08’ 02”

Hour Angle 15h 12m 12s

Sideral Time 20h 09m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 56m 24s

Declination -05° 10’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 203.93°

Galactic Latitude -27.88°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 62 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.51

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.27

Spectral Type B6V

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature 12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 62 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 62 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

62 Eridani is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 62 Eridani double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.51

Secondary star magnitude 9.11

Magnitude difference 3.6

Separation 67.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

62 Eridani is distant 739.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 226.76

Distance (light year) 739.23

Radial Speed 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 62 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31512

SAO Catalogue SAO131614

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22958

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 1091

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 62 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.1° RISE 0:38

Max altitude: 33.4° TRANSIT 6:15

Azimuth: 264.9° SET 11:47

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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