Star profile
Keid
Omicron 2 Eridani · Eridanus
Nearby starWhat is Keid
Keid is one of our neighbours, only 16 light years away along the river of Eridanus, among the closest naked-eye stars to the Sun in the catalogue. An orange K-class dwarf, it shares a system with a white dwarf and a red dwarf, forming an exceptional stellar trio. Science fiction has adopted it more than once: in a Frank Herbert novel it even hosts an inhabited planet.
Where it is and when to see it
Keid 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 Keid
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.43
- Distance
- 16.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 63.818° · Dec -7.653°
- Catalogue
- HIP 19849 · HD 26965
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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
- 54 Eridani4.32
- Omega Eridani4.36
- Pi Eridani4.43
- 32 Eridani4.46
- Tau 1 Eridani4.47