Star profile
32 Eridani
What is 32 Eridani
32 Eridani shines as a yellow G-type star along the long course of the celestial river, around 313 light-years away. It shares its spectral class with the Sun, yet its magnitude 4.46 at such a distance betrays a far greater luminosity —a giant or subgiant tens of times brighter than our daytime star. When its light set out, telescopes were only beginning to chart the river of Eridanus.
Where it is and when to see it
32 Eridani lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 32 Eridani
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.46
- Distance
- 313.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 58.573° · Dec -2.955°
- Catalogue
- HIP 18255 · HD 24554
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Other stars in Eridanus
Eridanus has 129 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AchernarAlpha Eridani0.45
- CursaBeta Eridani2.78
- AcamarTheta 1 Eridani2.88
- Omega Eridani4.36
- Pi Eridani4.43
- KeidOmicron 2 Eridani4.43
- Tau 1 Eridani4.47
- Upsilon 1 Eridani4.49