Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:51 | Tran: 13:15 | Set: 18:39

Alt: -6.99° Az: 92.10° Direction: East

Beid, also designated as ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani), is a variable bright giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

Beid visual magnitude is 4.04. Because of its moderate brightness, Beid 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.

Image of Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani) star

DSS2 image of Beid. The red arrow shows the motion of Beid during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 13m 06s

Declination -06° 46’ 24”

Hour Angle 17h 49m 04s

Sidereal Time 22h 02m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 11m 51s

Declination -06° 50’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.32°

Galactic Latitude -38.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.04

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 1.11

Spectral Type F2II

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Beid is distant 125.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 38.49

Distance (light year) 125.48

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.082"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Beid

Bayer designation ο1 Eridani
(omicron1 Eridani)

Flamsteed designation 38 Eridani

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26574

SAO Catalogue SAO131019

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19587

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 764

FK5 Catalogue 154

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Omi1 Eri

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.8° RISE 7:51

Max altitude: 31.7° TRANSIT 13:15

Azimuth: 263.2° SET 18:39

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus