Star profile

32 Eridani

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 46° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 59° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 87° N.

It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 61° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.

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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.

See all 129 stars in Eridanus