B-type star · blue-white star

66 Eri

309 lybrightness mag 5.12B9.5V

Also catalogued as HR 1657 · HD 32964 · HIP 23794

10,926 K

temperature

5.12

apparent magnitude

69.95× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

B9.5V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

309 years

at light speed from Earth

1.89×

as hot as the Sun

69.95×

the Sun's light output

0.24

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

66 EriB-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1625 →11 ly apart
HR 1681 →28 ly apart
HR 1522 →33 ly apart
HR 1591 →40 ly apart
64 Eri →46 ly apart
7Nu Lep →53 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 5.1To 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.