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TimezoneEurope/Athens
Sunrise: 6:07 
Transit: 13:30 
Sunset: 20:52
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ι Eridani (iota Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:52 | Tran: 9:00 | Set: 12:09
Alt: -26.15°   Az: 121.26°   Direction: East-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.

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 40s
-39° 44’ 49”
17h 45m 42s
20h 27m 22s

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

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

Azimuth: 129.7°
Max altitude: 11.1°
Azimuth: 230.3°