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μ Eridani (mu Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:20 | Tran: 19:02 | Set: 0:48
Alt: -34.04°   Az: 317.73°   Direction: North-West

μ Eridani is a sub-giant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Eridanus.

μ Eridani visual magnitude is 4.02. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Eridani (mu Eridani) star
DSS2 image of μ Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Eridani during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 46m 45s
-03° 12’ 37”
09h 44m 15s
14h 31m 01s

J2000

04h 45m 30s
-03° 15’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

200.53°
-29.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Eridani (mu Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.02
Sub-giant

-2.04
B5IV
12489K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Eridani is distant 531.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

163.13
531.81
9 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Eridani
(mu Eridani)
SAO131468
SAO131468

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 93.2°
Max altitude: 35.3°
Azimuth: 266.8°