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ν Eridani (nu Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:02 | Tran: 13:43 | Set: 19:25
Alt: -32.72°   Az: 45.81°   Direction: North-East

ν Eridani is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

ν Eridani visual magnitude is 3.93. Because of its moderate brightness, ν 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 ν Eridani (nu Eridani) star
DSS2 image of ν Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Eridani during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 37m 35s
-03° 18’ 08”
14h 28m 41s
19h 06m 17s

J2000

04h 36m 19s
-03° 21’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

199.31°
-31.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Eridani (nu Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.93
Giant

-2.34
B2III
13831K

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

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

Star System Properties

ν Eridani is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ν Eridani double sysyem:

3.93
13.13
9.2
50.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Eridani is distant 586.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

179.86
586.33
15 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Eridani
(nu Eridani)
SAO131346
SAO131346

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 93.3°
Max altitude: 35.2°
Azimuth: 266.7°