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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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λ Eridani (lambda Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:06 | Tran: 14:20 | Set: 19:34
Alt: -32.05°   Az: 60.05°   Direction: East-North-East

λ Eridani is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

λ Eridani visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Eridani (lambda Eridani) star
DSS2 image of λ Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Eridani during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 10m 21s
-08° 43’ 24”
15h 11m 56s
20h 22m 18s

J2000

05h 09m 08s
-08° 45’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

209.14°
-26.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Eridani (lambda Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.27
Sub-giant

-4.38
B2IV
13348K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Eridani is distant 1,752.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

537.63
1,752.69
3 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Eridani
(lambda Eridani)
SAO131824
SAO131824

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 98.7°
Max altitude: 29.8°
Azimuth: 261.3°