63 Orionis

Altitude: 18.5° Azimuth: 254.9° Direction: West-South-West

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

63 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its reltive faintness, 63 Orionis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 63 Orionis:

Color of 63 Orionis ⬤

Magnitude of 63 Orionis 5.67

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

63 Orionis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 18.5°
Azimuth: 254.9°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 63 Orionis

63 Orionis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 63 Orionis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 06h 04m 58s

Declination J2000 +05° 25’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 202.73°

Galactic Latitude -7.78°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 63 Orionis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 63 Orionis.

Visibility of 63 Orionis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 84.6° RISE 7:44

Max altitude: 43.9° TRANSIT 14:10

Azimuth: 275.4° SET 20:35

RIGHT NOW 63 Orionis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 63 Orionis

The image below is a photograph of 63 Orionis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 63 Orionis is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 63 Orionis from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 337.84 pc

Distance (light year) 1,101.35 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 20 km/s

Proper Motion Dec 0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 63 Orionis

63 Orionis belongs to spectral class G7

Absolute magnitude -1.97

Spectral Type G7

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature of 63 Orionis 4649K

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

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

Alternative designations of 63 Orionis

Flamsteed designation 63 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD41361

SAO Catalogue SAO113429

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP28812

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 1085

In Evidence

Other stars in Orion