38 Orionis

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:41 | Tran: 13:58 | Set: 20:15

Alt: -34.53° Az: 6.74° Direction: North

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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 35m 37s

Declination +03° 46’ 56”

Hour Angle 12h 22m 14s

Sidereal Time 17h 57m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 34m 16s

Declination +03° 46’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 200.43°

Galactic Latitude -15.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 38 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.36

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.24

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

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

Distance (parsec) 105.82

Distance (light year) 344.97

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.031 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36777

SAO Catalogue SAO112904

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26126

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 964

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° RISE 7:41

Max altitude: 42.3° TRANSIT 13:58

Azimuth: 273.8° SET 20:15

Set Location

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