G-type star · yellow, like our Sun

55 Eri

2,132 lybrightness mag 5.98F4IIIp (Sr)

Also catalogued as HR 1505 · HD 30020 · HIP 21986

5,797 K

temperature

5.98

apparent magnitude

1,509× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F4IIIp (Sr)

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,132 years

at light speed from Earth

1.00×

as hot as the Sun

1,509×

the Sun's light output

-3.10

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

55 EriG-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1640 →380 ly apart
HR 1848 →510 ly apart
HR 1840 →520 ly apart
Hatysa →550 ly apart
Arneb →570 ly apart
8 Lep →600 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 6.0To 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.