Beemim is an orange giant in the southern course of Eridanus, a cool swollen star among the faint bends of the long river south of Orion.
At a glance
| type | orange giant (class K) |
|---|---|
| distance from the Sun | 296 light-years (90.8 pc) |
| its light left it | 296 years ago |
| luminosity | 327 × the Sun |
| radius | 31.1 × the Sun |
| surface temperature | 4,400 K |
| constellation | Eridanus (River) |
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About Beemim
Beemim is a class K giant, a star that has exhausted the hydrogen in its core and swollen to many times the Sun’s width, its surface cooling to an orange glow. It shines far more brightly than the Sun because of its size.
It lies in the part of Eridanus where the river turns south-west on its way towards Acamar and Achernar, a stretch of faint stars best followed from a dark site.
What you see in the piece
In the piece Beemim is an orange point at its true distance, one of many unrelated stars that only line up as a river from Earth.
Questions
How far away is Beemim?
Beemim is 296 light-years (90.8 pc) from the Sun.