Star profile
66 Eridani
Variable starWhat is 66 Eridani
66 Eridani is a B-type variable star some 309 light-years away, embedded in the long celestial channel of the river Eridanus. Its hot, blue-tinted atmosphere flickers gently near magnitude 5.12, a pulsation only photometric monitoring reveals clearly. Eridanus winds from the feet of Orion toward the south, and among its many stellar meanders this blue variable adds a kinetic note to the flowing river of light.
Where it is and when to see it
66 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 December: 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 66 Eridani
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.12
- Distance
- 308.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 76.690° · Dec -4.655°
- Catalogue
- HIP 23794 · HD 32964
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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
- HIP 82415.04
- HIP 182135.11
- 68 Eridani5.11
- HIP 137175.16
- Xi Eridani5.17