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Star · B5V

35 Eri

35 Eri is a main-sequence star of spectral type B5V in the constellation Eridanus, 436.9 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 18788
ConstellationEridanus
Distance436.9 light-years (133.9 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.28
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.35
Spectral typeB5V
Surface temperature12,160 K
Luminosity232 L☉
Radius3.43 R☉
Mass4.31 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 01m 32.0s
Declination (J2000)−1° 32′ 59″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.28). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 88° N. It stands highest at midnight in November, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1589. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 35 Eri, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.46, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Serpens. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.