27 Orionis

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:18 | Tran: 14:12 | Set: 20:05

Alt: -18.51° Az: 66.74° Direction: East-North-East

27 Orionis is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Orion.

27 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 27 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.

DSS2 image of 27 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Orionis during the next 1000 years (-0.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.20 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 25m 46s

Declination -00° 52’ 11”

Hour Angle 16h 02m 25s

Sidereal Time 21h 28m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 24m 28s

Declination -00° 53’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 203.46°

Galactic Latitude -19.68°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.08

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.47

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Orionis is distant 172.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 52.83

Distance (light year) 172.21

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.132"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35410

SAO Catalogue SAO132070

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25282

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 886

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9° RISE 8:18

Max altitude: 37.7° TRANSIT 14:12

Azimuth: 269.1° SET 20:05

Set Location

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