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TimezoneAmerica/Sao_Paulo
Sunrise: 7:09 
Transit: 12:29 
Sunset: 17:50
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Sceptrum - 53 Eridani

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:58 | Tran: 10:21 | Set: 16:44
Alt: 68.16°   Az: 68.93°   Direction: East-North-East

Sceptrum, also designated as 53 Eridani , is a double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

Sceptrum visual magnitude is 3.87. Because of its moderate brightness, Sceptrum 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 Sceptrum - 53 Eridani star
DSS2 image of Sceptrum. The red arrow shows the motion of Sceptrum during the next 1000 years (-1.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 39m 21s
-14° 15’ 16”
22h 36m 03s
03h 15m 24s

J2000

04h 38m 10s
-14° 18’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

211.32°
-35.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Sceptrum - 53 Eridani.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.87
Giant

1.24
K2III
4537K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

3.87
7.27
3.4
0.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Sceptrum is distant 109.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

33.51
109.25
42 km/s
-0.075 arcsec/y
-0.156"/y

Alternative Designations

Sceptrum
SAO149781
SAO149781
Wo 9160 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Sceptrum - 53 Eridani rise, transit and set times from Arapongas, Brazil are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Sao_Paulo):

Azimuth: 104.3°
Max altitude: 80.8°
Azimuth: 255.7°