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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 21:19
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7 Eridani

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:26 | Tran: 10:10 | Set: 15:54
Alt: 7.84°   Az: 104.57°   Direction: East-South-East

7 Eridani is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Eridanus.

7 Eridani visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Eridani star
DSS2 image of 7 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Eridani during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 02m 08s
-02° 46’ 44”
19h 05m 04s
22h 07m 13s

J2000

03h 00m 51s
-02° 52’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

180.47°
-50.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 7 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.11
Giant

-0.79
M1III
3428K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Eridani is distant 781.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 80 kilometers per second.

239.81
781.77
80 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130242
SAO130242

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.8°
Max altitude: 35.7°
Azimuth: 267.2°