69 Orionis

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:49 | Tran: 6:15 | Set: 13:38

Alt: 44.46° Az: 127.46° Direction: South-East

69 Orionis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Orion.

69 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.95. Because of its moderate brightness, 69 Orionis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 69 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Orionis during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 13m 28s

Declination +16° 07’ 22”

Hour Angle 21h 35m 27s

Sideral Time 03h 48m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 12m 03s

Declination +16° 07’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 194.13°

Galactic Latitude -1.12°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 69 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.95

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.93

Spectral Type B5V

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature 12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Orionis is distant 774.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 237.53

Distance (light year) 774.35

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 69 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD42545

SAO Catalogue SAO95365

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29434

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 1035

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.9° RISE 22:49

Max altitude: 54.6° TRANSIT 6:15

Azimuth: 286.1° SET 13:38

Set Location

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