49 Orionis

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:31 | Tran: 11:53 | Set: 17:14

Alt: -37.39° Az: 45.02° Direction: North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 05h 40m 07s

Declination -07° 12’ 01”

Hour Angle 14h 18m 00s

Sidereal Time 19h 58m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 38m 53s

Declination -07° 12’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 211.16°

Galactic Latitude -19.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 49 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.8

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.44

Spectral Type A4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.13

Temperature 8748K

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

Distance (parsec) 47.08

Distance (light year) 153.48

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 49 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD37507

SAO Catalogue SAO132411

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26563

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 1142

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9187

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° RISE 6:31

Max altitude: 31.3° TRANSIT 11:53

Azimuth: 262.8° SET 17:14

Set Location

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