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Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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δ Eridani (delta Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:34 | Tran: 12:43 | Set: 17:51
Alt: -32.52°   Az: 61.28°   Direction: East-North-East

δ Eridani is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

δ Eridani visual magnitude is 3.54. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Eridani 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 δ Eridani (delta Eridani) star
DSS2 image of δ Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Eridani during the next 1000 years (-1.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 44m 28s
-09° 41’ 03”
15h 14m 25s
18h 58m 53s

J2000

03h 43m 14s
-09° 45’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

198.1°
-46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Eridani (delta Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.54
Hypergiant

3.76
K0IV
4943K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Eridani is distant 29.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

9.04
29.48
-6 km/s
-0.092 arcsec/y
0.745"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Eridani
(delta Eridani)
SAO130686
SAO130686

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 99.7°
Max altitude: 28.8°
Azimuth: 260.3°