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Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:28 | Tran: 3:56 | Set: 9:20
Alt: 7.26°   Az: 249.45°   Direction: West-South-West

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

04h 13m 04s
-06° 46’ 30”
04h 37m 09s
08h 50m 14s

J2000

04h 11m 51s
-06° 50’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

199.32°
-38.39°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani) star
Simplified finder chart for Beid - ο1 Eridani (omicron1 Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.04
Bright giant

1.11
F2II
7276K

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

HR 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.

38.49
125.48
11 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.082"/y

Alternative Designations

Beid
ο1 Eridani
(omicron1 Eridani)
SAO131019
SAO131019

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°
Max altitude: 31.7°
Azimuth: 263.2°