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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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13 Orionis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:32 | Tran: 14:19 | Set: 21:05
Alt: 39.46°   Az: 133.70°   Direction: South-East

13 Orionis is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Orion.

13 Orionis visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, 13 Orionis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 13 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 13 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Orionis during the next 1000 years (-0.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.30 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 09m 01s
+09° 30’ 12”
21h 42m 07s
02h 51m 09s

J2000

05h 07m 38s
+09° 28’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

191.77°
-18°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Sub-giant

3.91
G1IV
5890K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

13 Orionis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 13 Orionis double sysyem:

6.17
9.97
3.8
124 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Orionis is distant 92.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

28.30
92.25
-24 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.378"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112436
SAO112436

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.5°
Max altitude: 48.0°
Azimuth: 279.5°