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14 Orionis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:53 | Tran: 14:35 | Set: 21:16
Alt: -29.76°   Az: 352.98°   Direction: North

14 Orionis is a double star of spectral class A in the constellation of Orion.

14 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 14 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Orionis during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 09m 15s
+08° 31’ 47”
11h 35m 21s
16h 44m 37s

J2000

05h 07m 52s
+08° 29’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

192.67°
-18.48°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34
14 Orionis is also a so called metallic star.

1.47
A
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

14 Orionis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 14 Orionis double sysyem:

5.34
6.14
0.8
0.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Orionis is distant 193.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

59.38
193.59
6 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112440
SAO112440

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.5°
Max altitude: 47.0°
Azimuth: 278.5°