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38 Orionis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:26 | Tran: 19:43 | Set: 2:04
Alt: 42.30°   Az: 179.59°   Direction: South

38 Orionis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Orion.

38 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its faintness, 38 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.

Image of 38 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 38 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Orionis during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 35m 36s
+03° 46’ 55”
23h 58m 47s
05h 34m 23s

J2000

05h 34m 16s
+03° 46’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

200.43°
-15.27°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.36
Main-sequence

0.24
A2V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Orionis is distant 344.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

105.82
344.97
-4 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112904
SAO112904

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.2°
Max altitude: 42.3°
Azimuth: 273.8°