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τ6 Eridani (tau6 Eridani)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:48 | Tran: 5:36 | Set: 9:25
Alt: 11.50°   Az: 205.78°   Direction: South-South-West

τ6 Eridani is a giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Eridanus.

τ6 Eridani visual magnitude is 4.23. Because of its moderate brightness, τ6 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 τ6 Eridani (tau6 Eridani) star
DSS2 image of τ6 Eridani. The red arrow shows the motion of τ6 Eridani during the next 1000 years (-2.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 47m 54s
-23° 10’ 28”
01h 50m 28s
05h 38m 23s

J2000

03h 46m 50s
-23° 14’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

217.34°
-50.32°

Finder Chart

Finder chart τ6 Eridani (tau6 Eridani) star
Simplified finder chart for τ6 Eridani (tau6 Eridani).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.23
Giant

2.96
F3III
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where τ6 Eridani is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of τ6 Eridani. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ6 Eridani is distant 58.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

17.92
58.43
7 km/s
-0.158 arcsec/y
-0.529"/y

Alternative Designations

τ6 Eridani
(tau6 Eridani)
SAO168827
SAO168827

Visibility from Your Location

Today's τ6 Eridani (tau6 Eridani) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.2°
Max altitude: 15.3°
Azimuth: 246.8°