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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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63 Orionis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:14 | Tran: 15:39 | Set: 22:05
Alt: 43.18°   Az: 166.16°   Direction: South-South-East

63 Orionis is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Orion.

63 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 63 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 63 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 63 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Orionis during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 06m 19s
+05° 24’ 59”
23h 19m 37s
05h 25m 57s

J2000

06h 04m 58s
+05° 25’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

202.73°
-7.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 63 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Giant

-1.97
G7
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

63 Orionis is distant 1,101.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

337.84
1,101.35
20 km/s
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113429
SAO113429

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 63 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.6°
Max altitude: 43.9°
Azimuth: 275.4°