Epsilon Eridani is a star in the constellation of Eridanus.

Viewable from most o

f Earth's surface along a declination 9.46 south of the celestial equator, it is
10.5 light-years away and has an apparent magnitude of 3.73. It is the third-clo
sest individual star or star system visible to the unaided eye. Estimated at les
s than a billion years old, the young star has a higher level of magnetic activi
ty than the present-day Sun, with a stellar wind 30 times as strong. Epsilon Eri
dani is smaller and less massive than the Sun, with a greater proportion of hydr
ogen and helium. It is a main-sequence star of spectral class K2, which means th
at energy generated at the core through nuclear fusion of hydrogen is emitted fr
om the surface at a temperature of about 5,000 K, giving it an orange hue. Obser
vations for more than twenty years have yielded evidence of a giant planet orbit
ing the star, making it one of the nearest systems with a candidate exoplanet. T
he detection of this planet, Epsilon Eridani b, was announced by Bruce Campbell,
Gordon Walker and Stephenson Yang in 1987.
Epsilon Eridani is a star in the constellation of Eridanus. Viewable from most o
f Earth's surface along a declination 9.46 south of the celestial equator, it is
10.5 light-years away and has an apparent magnitude of 3.73. It is the third-clo
sest individual star or star system visible to the unaided eye. Estimated at les
s than a billion years old, the young star has a higher level of magnetic activi
ty than the present-day Sun, with a stellar wind 30 times as strong. Epsilon Eri
dani is smaller and less massive than the Sun, with a greater proportion of hydr
ogen and helium. It is a main-sequence star of spectral class K2, which means th
at energy generated at the core through nuclear fusion of hydrogen is emitted fr
om the surface at a temperature of about 5,000 K, giving it an orange hue. Obser
vations for more than twenty years have yielded evidence of a giant planet orbit
ing the star, making it one of the nearest systems with a candidate exoplaneEpsi
lon Eridani is a star in the constellation of Eridanus. Viewable from most of Ea
rth's surface along a declination 9.46 south of the celestial equator, it is 10.5
light-years away and has an apparent magnitude of 3.73. It is the third-closest
individual star or star system visible to the unaided eye. Estimated at less th
an a billion years old, the young star has a higher level of magnetic activity t
han the present-day Sun, with a stellar wind 30 times as strong. Epsilon Eridani
is smaller and less massive than the Sun, with a greater proportion of hydrogen
and helium. It is a main-sequence star of spectral class K2, which means that e
nergy generated at the core through nuclear fusion of hydrogen is emitted from t
he surface at a temperature of about 5,000 K, giving it an orange hue. Observati
ons for more than twenty years have yielded evidence of a giant planet orbiting
the star, making it one of the nearest systems with a candidate exoplanet. The d
etection of this planet, Epsilon Eridani b, was announced by Bruce Campbell, Gor
don Walker and Stephenson Yang in 1987.Epsilon Eridani is a star in the constell
ation of Eridanus. Viewable from most of Earth's surface along a declination 9.4
6 south of the celestial equator, it is 10.5 light-years away and has an apparent
magnitude of 3.73. It is the third-closest individual star or star system visib
le to the unaided eye. Estimated at less than a billion years old, the young sta
r has a higher level of magnetic activity than the present-day Sun, with a stell
ar wind 30 times as strong. Epsilon Eridani is smaller and less massive than the
Sun, with a greater proportion of hydrogen and helium. It is a main-sequence st
ar of spectral class K2, which means that energy generated at the core through n
uclear fusion of hydrogen is emitted from the surface at a temperature of about
5,000 K, giving it an orange hue. Observations for more than twenty years have y
ielded evidence of a giant planet orbiting the star, making it one of the neares
t systems with a candidate exoplanet. The detection of this planet, Epsilon Erid
ani b, was announced by Bruce Campbell, Gordon Walker and Stephenson Yang in 198
7.t. The detection of this planet, Epsilon Eridani b, was announced by Bruce Cam
pbell, Gordon Walker and Stephenson Yang in 1987.