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

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:27 | Tran: 15:50 | Set: 23:13
Alt: -8.27°   Az: 309.30°   Direction: North-West

72 Orionis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Orion.

72 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, 72 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 72 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 72 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 72 Orionis during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 16m 52s
+16° 07’ 59”
08h 28m 32s
14h 45m 25s

J2000

06h 15m 25s
+16° 08’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

194.51°
-0.4°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.3
Main-sequence

-0.54
B7V
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 72 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 72 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

72 Orionis is distant 479.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

147.06
479.41
22 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO95447
SAO95447

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 72 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.9°
Max altitude: 54.7°
Azimuth: 286.1°