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Epsilon Eridani
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As one of the closest stars at 3.27 parsecs (10.7 light years), Epsilon Eridani has captured a great deal of interest. With one known planet, and another one suspected, the star's popularity has only grown.
The 3D view at right labels some of the brighter stars in Earth's night skies, and labels our sun and Epsilon Eridani, as well. |
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Scale = 16 parsecs.
Epsilon Eridani is highlighted by the green "focus" marker.
Our own sun is located at the white diamond.
3D scene from "Stars in the NeighborHood" software. |
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The next 3D view zooms in for a closer look at the region surrounding Epsilon Eridani. Here the sides of the "viewing cube" are 8 parsecs (26.1 light years) long. It would take light, traveling at 186,000 miles per second, over a quarter century to travel along one edge, from corner to corner.
When you hover your mouse cursor over this 3D view, additional stars appear. These are the dim, red dwarf stars close to Epsilon Eridani.
The next 3D view (below the following table) zooms in even farther to the 4-parsec scale.
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Scale = 8 parsecs
3D scene from "Stars in the NeighborHood" software.
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Next-Door Neighbors: Epsilon Eridani
The following table is a list of Epsilon Eridani's next-door neighbors. After the star's name, the distance from Epsilon Eridani is given in parsecs. This is followed by the distance from Sol (our sun), the Spectral Type, Visual Magnitude, and number of stars in the system. The Spectral Type and Visual Magnitude are given for the primary star, if there are more than one in the system. The magnitudes given are those of the stars as seen from Epsilon Eridani.
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Name |
Distance |
To Sol |
SpType |
VMag |
Stars |
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BD +00° 988 |
1.53 pc |
2.53 pc |
M0 V |
5.23 |
1 |
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Luyten 726-8 |
1.59 pc |
2.63 pc |
M5.5 V |
11.41 |
2 |
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Tau Ceti |
1.6 pc |
3.5 pc |
G8 V |
1.79 |
1 |
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40 Omicron 2 Eridani |
1.73 pc |
4.83 pc |
K1 V |
2.20 |
3 |
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Gliese 54.1 |
2.15 pc |
3.74 pc |
M5 V |
10.80 |
1 |
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Sirius |
2.43 pc |
2.63 pc |
A1 V |
-1.57 |
2 |
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Gliese 1061 |
2.48 pc |
4.29 pc |
M4.5 V |
11.81 |
1 |
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HD 33793 |
2.59 pc |
3.87 pc |
M0 V |
7.98 |
1 |
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Gliese 234 |
2.91 pc |
4.13 pc |
M4.5 V |
10.34 |
2 |
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Sol |
3.27 pc |
0.00 pc |
G2 V |
2.37 |
1 |
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HD 36395 |
3.39 pc |
5.80 pc |
M1.5 V |
6.79 |
1 |
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At the 4-parsec scale, there are only six systems visible besides Epsilon Eridani. The closest star, BD +00° 988, would be barely visible in the night skies of Epsilon Eridani. Tau Ceti and Omicron 2 Eridani would be moderately bright, and nearly twice as bright as they appear from Earth.
To see what some of those night skies look like, click here. |
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Scale = 4 parsecs (turning on the red dwarfs)
3D scene from "Stars in the NeighborHood" software.
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