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- p Eridani
p Eridani
HD 10361
p Eridani is an orange star, in the constellation Eridanus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1999.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.80.
What it’s like
It gives off about 28% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 5,100 degrees.
It is 26.6 light years away: 251 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1999: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.