29 Orionis

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:29 | Tran: 13:48 | Set: 19:06

Alt: -45.68° Az: 12.86° Direction: North-North-East

29 Orionis is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Orion.

29 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.14. Because of its moderate brightness, 29 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 29 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Orionis during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 25m 10s

Declination -07° 47’ 10”

Hour Angle 12h 36m 07s

Sidereal Time 18h 01m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 23m 56s

Declination -07° 48’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 209.98°

Galactic Latitude -22.98°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.14

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.50

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Orionis is distant 174.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 53.45

Distance (light year) 174.24

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35369

SAO Catalogue SAO132067

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25247

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 1064

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.8° RISE 8:29

Max altitude: 30.7° TRANSIT 13:48

Azimuth: 262.2° SET 19:06

Set Location

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