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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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29 Orionis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:16 | Tran: 14:35 | Set: 19:53
Alt: 22.33°   Az: 138.69°   Direction: South-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.

Image of 29 Orionis star
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

05h 25m 10s
-07° 47’ 10”
21h 27m 49s
02h 52m 59s

J2000

05h 23m 56s
-07° 48’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

209.98°
-22.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 29 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.14
Giant

0.50
G8III
4841K

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

HR 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.

53.45
174.24
-18 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132067
SAO132067

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°
Max altitude: 30.7°
Azimuth: 262.2°