Star profile
59 Eridani
What is 59 Eridani
59 Eridani is a yellow-white F-type star along the long course of Eridanus, the celestial river that begins near Rigel and stretches southward. At just 136 light-years —an astronomically close distance— it shares a chromatic kinship with the Sun, though it burns somewhat hotter. Its light set out around 1890, when the Lumière brothers had yet to film anything and Eiffel had just unveiled his tower in Paris.
Where it is and when to see it
59 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 22° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 33° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 72° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 74° N.
It ranks no. 102 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 54° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 140 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 59 Eridani
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.76
- Distance
- 136.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 72.136° · Dec -16.329°
- Catalogue
- HIP 22325 · HD 30606
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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
- Rho 1 Eridani5.75
- HIP 162855.76
- HIP 211925.76
- p Eridani5.76
- HIP 223365.77