A-type star · white star

42Xi Eri

209 lybrightness mag 5.17A2V

Also catalogued as HR 1383 · HD 27861 · HIP 20507

9,308 K

temperature

5.17

apparent magnitude

30.59× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

209 years

at light speed from Earth

1.61×

as hot as the Sun

30.59×

the Sun's light output

1.14

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

42Xi EriA-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1362 →13 ly apart
HD 26292 →29 ly apart
61Ome Eri →39 ly apart
HR 1487 →42 ly apart
Zaurak →42 ly apart
HR 1483 →42 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.