τ⁴-Eri (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , τ⁴-Eri is visible between 20:30 and 01:24. It will become accessible at around 20:30, when it rises to an altitude of 17° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:57, 25° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 01:24 when it sinks below 17° above your south-western horizon.

Name τ⁴-Eri
Object type Star
Other names
τ⁴-Eri
Tau4 Eridani
16-Eri
16 Eridani
HR 1003[1]
HD 20720
HIP 15474[3]
TYC 5878-1292-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 5099455184968674560[4]
Position
Right ascension:03h19m31s [4]
Declination:−21°45'27" [4]
Constellation:Eridanus
Magnitude:
Variable
3.74 (V) [2]
5.79 (BT) [2]
3.91 (VT) [2]
2.59 (G) [4]
4.10 (BP) [4]
2.09 (RP) [4]
Distance:94.2 parsec
307.1 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.60
Proper motion (speed):62.1 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):58.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.13

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