15 Orionis

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:22 | Tran: 4:46 | Set: 12:06

Alt: 53.18° Az: 163.04° Direction: South-South-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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 11m 07s

Declination +15° 37’ 36”

Hour Angle 23h 18m 09s

Sideral Time 04h 29m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 09m 42s

Declination +15° 35’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 186.74°

Galactic Latitude -14.21°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 15 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.82

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.13

Spectral Type F2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 7337K

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

Distance (parsec) 97.66

Distance (light year) 318.36

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 15 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD33276

SAO Catalogue SAO94359

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24010

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 752

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° RISE 21:22

Max altitude: 54.1° TRANSIT 4:46

Azimuth: 285.6° SET 12:06

Set Location

Other stars in Orion