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Sunset: 20:39
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68 Eridani

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:11 | Tran: 14:47 | Set: 20:23
Alt: -15.84°   Az: 283.15°   Direction: West-North-West

68 Eridani is a main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

68 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, 68 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 68 Eridani star
DSS2 image of 68 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 68 Eridani during the next 10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 09m 59s
-04° 25’ 30”
07h 20m 03s
12h 30m 02s

J2000

05h 08m 43s
-04° 27’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

204.83°
-24.83°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.12
Main-sequence

3.13
F2V
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 68 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 68 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

68 Eridani is distant 81.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

25.01
81.52
9 km/s
0.044 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO131813
SAO131813
Gl 189.2

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 68 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.4°
Max altitude: 34.1°
Azimuth: 265.6°