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15 Orionis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:05 | Tran: 14:25 | Set: 21:45
Alt: -15.43°   Az: 37.29°   Direction: North-East

15 Orionis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Orion.

15 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, 15 Orionis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 15 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 15 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Orionis during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 11m 09s
+15° 37’ 39”
14h 29m 20s
19h 40m 29s

J2000

05h 09m 42s
+15° 35’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

186.74°
-14.21°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Sub-giant

-0.13
F2IV
7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Orionis is distant 318.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

97.66
318.36
30 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94359
SAO94359

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.4°
Max altitude: 54.1°
Azimuth: 285.6°