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Sunset: 21:18
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66 Orionis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:00 | Tran: 12:19 | Set: 18:38
Alt: -29.47°   Az: 32.48°   Direction: North-North-East

66 Orionis is a giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Orion.

66 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, 66 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 66 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 66 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Orionis during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 06m 19s
+04° 09’ 18”
13h 51m 49s
19h 58m 08s

J2000

06h 04m 58s
+04° 09’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

203.85°
-8.38°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Giant

-3.78
G4III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Orionis is distant 2,488.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

763.36
2,488.55
33 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113430
SAO113430

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 66 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.8°
Max altitude: 42.7°
Azimuth: 274.2°