64 Eridani

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:46 | Tran: 4:44 | Set: 9:37

Alt: 22.43° Az: 206.56° Direction: South-South-West

64 Eridani is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

64 Eridani visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, 64 Eridani is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 64 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Eridani during the next 1000 years (0.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 01m 04s

Declination -12° 30’ 07”

Hour Angle 01h 40m 11s

Sideral Time 06h 41m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 59m 55s

Declination -12° 32’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 211.94°

Galactic Latitude -30.34°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 64 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.79

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.04

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Eridani is distant 290.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 89.21

Distance (light year) 290.81

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.045 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 64 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32045

SAO Catalogue SAO150064

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23231

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 1047

General Catalogue of Variable Stars S Eri

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.5° RISE 23:46

Max altitude: 26.0° TRANSIT 4:44

Azimuth: 257.5° SET 9:37

Set Location

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