Beta Eridani

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Beta Eridani, traditionally known as Cursa, is a bright blue-white giant star in the constellation Eridanus visible to the naked eye.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blue-white star
star
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
hasAge_billionYears about 0.4
hasApparentMagnitudeRange about 2.7–2.8
hasApparentMagnitudeV 2.79
hasArabicTraditionalName Cursa NERFINISHED
hasBayerDesignation β Eridani NERFINISHED
hasColorIndexBMinusV +0.09
hasConstellationAbbreviation Eri NERFINISHED
hasDeclination −05° 05′ 11″
hasDistanceFromEarth_ly about 89
hasDistanceFromEarth_pc about 27
hasEffectiveTemperature_K about 8600
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation 9 Eridani NERFINISHED
hasGalacticLatitude_deg about −29
hasGalacticLongitude_deg about 205
hasGalacticPopulation thin disk
hasHDDesignation HD 28149 NERFINISHED
hasHIPDesignation HIP 20641 NERFINISHED
hasHRDesignation HR 1325 NERFINISHED
hasLuminosity_solarLuminosity about 25
hasMass_solarMass about 2.0
hasMeaningOfTraditionalName “the chair” or “the footstool”
hasOpticalColor blue-white
hasParallax_mas about 36.9
hasProperMotionDec_masPerYear about −85
hasProperMotionRA_masPerYear about +22
hasRadialVelocity_kmPerSec about +20
hasRadius_solarRadius about 2.4
hasRightAscension 05h 07m 50s
hasRotationalVelocity_kmPerSec about 196
hasSpectralType A3III
hasTraditionalName Cursa NERFINISHED
hasVariableStarDesignation none known
isAmong brightest stars in Eridanus
isPartOf Eridanus stellar field NERFINISHED
locatedIn Eridanus constellation region NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Eridanus NERFINISHED
visibleTo naked eye

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eridanus BayerDesignation Beta Eridani
subject surface form: Cursa