ι Eridani (iota Eridani)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:54 | Tran: 9:06 | Set: 10:18

Alt: -11.22° Az: 139.76° Direction: South-East

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

ι Eridani visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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.

DSS2 image of ι Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Eridani during the next 1000 years (2.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 41m 40s

Declination -39° 44’ 49”

Hour Angle 20h 18m 01s

Sidereal Time 22h 59m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 40m 40s

Declination -39° 51’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 249.3°

Galactic Latitude -64.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Eridani (iota Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.11

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Eridani is distant 145.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 44.60

Distance (light year) 145.41

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.138 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Eridani
(iota Eridani)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16815

SAO Catalogue SAO215999

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12486

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-40 689

FK5 Catalogue 1075

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Eridani (iota Eridani) rise, transit and set times from Kuppenheim, Alemania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 129.7° RISE 7:54

Max altitude: 1.4° TRANSIT 9:06

Azimuth: 230.3° SET 10:18

Name:	Kuppenheim, Alemania
Latitude:	48° 49' 40.4" N
Longitude:	8° 15' 15.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/Berlin

Set Location

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