Beemim - 43 Eridani

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:11 | Tran: 4:19 | Set: 6:28

Alt: -12.44° Az: 129.89° Direction: South-East

Beemim, also designated as 43 Eridani , is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Eridanus.

Beemim visual magnitude is 3.96. Because of its moderate brightness, Beemim 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 Beemim. The red arrow shows the motion of Beemim during the next 10000 years (11.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 24m 57s

Declination -33° 57’ 40”

Hour Angle 19h 41m 36s

Sideral Time 00h 06m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 24m 02s

Declination -34° 01’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 235.17°

Galactic Latitude -44.23°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Beemim - 43 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.96

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.65

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.49

Temperature 3809K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Beemim is distant 272.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.68

Distance (light year) 272.80

Radial Speed 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.069 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Beemim

Flamsteed designation 43 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD28028

SAO Catalogue SAO194984

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP20535

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 1664

FK5 Catalogue 1121

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Beemim - 43 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.0° RISE 2:11

Max altitude: 4.6° TRANSIT 4:19

Azimuth: 236.0° SET 6:28

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus