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ι Eridani (iota Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -54.22°   Az: 90.74°   Direction: 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.

Image of ι Eridani (iota Eridani) star
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

02h 41m 39s
-39° 44’ 51”
15h 18m 00s
17h 59m 40s

J2000

02h 40m 40s
-39° 51’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

249.3°
-64.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Eridani (iota Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.11
Hypergiant

0.86
K0III
4695K

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

HR 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.

44.60
145.41
-9 km/s
0.138 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Eridani
(iota Eridani)
SAO215999
SAO215999

Visibility from Your Location

ι Eridani (iota Eridani) is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK