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Sunset: 17:09
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49 Orionis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:45 | Tran: 20:07 | Set: 1:33
Alt: -45.68°   Az: 3.15°   Direction: North

49 Orionis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Orion.

49 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.8. Because of its moderate brightness, 49 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 49 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 49 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Orionis during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 40m 06s
-07° 12’ 02”
12h 08m 52s
17h 48m 58s

J2000

05h 38m 53s
-07° 12’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

211.16°
-19.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 49 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.8
Main-sequence

1.44
A4V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Orionis is distant 153.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

47.08
153.48
-1 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132411
SAO132411

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.2°
Max altitude: 31.3°
Azimuth: 262.8°