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31 Orionis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:03 | Tran: 6:56 | Set: 12:48
Alt: -15.92°   Az: 289.09°   Direction: West-North-West

31 Orionis is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Orion.

31 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, 31 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 31 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 31 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 31 Orionis during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 30m 59s
-01° 04’ 28”
07h 38m 35s
13h 09m 34s

J2000

05h 29m 44s
-01° 05’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

204.31°
-18.62°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 31 Orionis star
Simplified finder chart for 31 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Giant

-1.02
K5III
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 31 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 31 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

31 Orionis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 31 Orionis double sysyem:

4.71
10.11
5.4
12.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

31 Orionis is distant 455.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

139.86
455.94
8 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132176
SAO132176

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 31 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.1°
Max altitude: 37.4°
Azimuth: 268.9°