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τ5 Eridani (tau5 Eridani)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:26 | Tran: 18:26 | Set: 22:26
Alt: -13.23°   Az: 108.08°   Direction: East-South-East

τ5 Eridani is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Eridanus.

τ5 Eridani visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, τ5 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 τ5 Eridani (tau5 Eridani) star
DSS2 image of τ5 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of τ5 Eridani during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 34m 53s
-21° 32’ 59”
18h 23m 09s
21h 58m 03s

J2000

03h 33m 47s
-21° 37’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

213.52°
-52.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for τ5 Eridani (tau5 Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.27
Main-sequence

-0.52
B8V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where τ5 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of τ5 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ5 Eridani is distant 295.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

90.74
295.83
14 km/s
0.048 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

τ5 Eridani
(tau5 Eridani)
SAO168634
SAO168634

Visibility from Your Location

Today's τ5 Eridani (tau5 Eridani) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.5°
Max altitude: 17.0°
Azimuth: 248.5°