How to see it
55 Eri has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 55 Eri: right ascension 4h 43m 35s, declination −8° 47′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).
Catalog context
55 Eri. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21986, HD 30020, Gaia DR3 3185880919107441920. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3185880919107441920
- HIP
- 21986
- HD
- 30020
- gaia_dr3
- 3185880919107441920
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 55 Eri
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.75