72 Orionis

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:26 | Tran: 7:53 | Set: 15:16

Alt: 6.06° Az: 288.38° Direction: West-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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 16m 50s

Declination +16° 08’ 00”

Hour Angle 06h 43m 07s

Sideral Time 12h 59m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 15m 25s

Declination +16° 08’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 194.51°

Galactic Latitude -0.4°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 72 Orionis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.3

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.54

Spectral Type B7V

Color Index (B-V) -0.14

Temperature 12293K

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

Distance (parsec) 147.06

Distance (light year) 479.41

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 72 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD43153

SAO Catalogue SAO95447

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP29704

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 1060

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° RISE 0:26

Max altitude: 54.7° TRANSIT 7:53

Azimuth: 286.1° SET 15:16

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Orion