Star profile

Epsilon Reticulum

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Epsilon Reticulum

Epsilon Reticuli is a double system just 60 light-years away, in the small southern constellation of the Reticle. The primary is an orange K-type giant orbited by a giant planet, confirmed in 2000 by the Anglo-Australian team: a world of 1.56 Jupiter masses completing one orbit every 428 days at 1.27 astronomical units. Its fainter companion is a white dwarf, the quiet ember of another star.

Where it is and when to see it

Epsilon Reticulum lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it never rises above the horizon.
From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 65° up.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 31° N.

It ranks no. 3 in brightness among the 16 stars of Reticulum in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Reticulum, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 60 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Epsilon Reticulum

Constellation: Reticulum
Apparent magnitude: 4.44
Distance: 59.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 64.121° · Dec -59.302°
Catalogue: HIP 19921 · HD 27442

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Other stars in Reticulum

Reticulum has 16 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 16 stars in Reticulum