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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 09m 59s

Declination -04° 25’ 30”

Hour Angle 07h 20m 03s

Sidereal Time 12h 30m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 08m 43s

Declination -04° 27’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 204.83°

Galactic Latitude -24.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 68 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.12

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.13

Spectral Type F2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.44

Temperature 6674K

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

Distance (parsec) 25.01

Distance (light year) 81.52

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 68 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33256

SAO Catalogue SAO131813

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23941

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 1056

Gliese Catalogue 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° RISE 9:11

Max altitude: 34.1° TRANSIT 14:47

Azimuth: 265.6° SET 20:23

Set Location

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