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ρ1 Eridani (rho1 Eridani)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:34 | Tran: 17:53 | Set: 23:13
Alt: 1.21°   Az: 256.24°   Direction: West-South-West

ρ1 Eridani is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

ρ1 Eridani visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, ρ1 Eridani is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ρ1 Eridani (rho1 Eridani) star
DSS2 image of ρ1 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ1 Eridani during the next 1000 years (1.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 02m 23s
-07° 33’ 53”
05h 13m 37s
08h 16m 01s

J2000

03h 01m 09s
-07° 39’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

186.62°
-53.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ1 Eridani (rho1 Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Hypergiant

0.90
K0II
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ρ1 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ρ1 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ1 Eridani is distant 304.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

93.37
304.39
14 km/s
0.098 arcsec/y
-0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ1 Eridani
(rho1 Eridani)
SAO130243
SAO130243

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ1 Eridani (rho1 Eridani) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.6°
Max altitude: 31.0°
Azimuth: 262.4°