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60 Orionis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:07 | Tran: 20:07 | Set: 2:12
Alt: -24.53°   Az: 53.82°   Direction: North-East

60 Orionis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Orion.

60 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 60 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Orionis during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 00m 07s
+00° 33’ 12”
15h 09m 01s
21h 09m 08s

J2000

05h 58m 49s
+00° 33’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

206.35°
-11.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 60 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Main-sequence

-0.04
A1V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

60 Orionis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 60 Orionis double sysyem:

5.22
11.82
6.6
19.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Orionis is distant 367.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

112.61
367.12
35 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113321
SAO113321

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.4°
Max altitude: 39.1°
Azimuth: 270.6°