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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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64 Orionis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:42 | Tran: 15:26 | Set: 23:11
Alt: 35.79°   Az: 103.82°   Direction: East-South-East

64 Orionis is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Orion.

64 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 64 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Orionis during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 04m 57s
+19° 41’ 16”
20h 12m 52s
02h 17m 50s

J2000

06h 03m 27s
+19° 41’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

190.03°
-1.18°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Giant

-2.44
B8III
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Orionis is distant 1,068.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

327.87
1,068.85
12 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95166
SAO95166

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.3°
Max altitude: 58.2°
Azimuth: 289.7°