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73 Orionis

Altitude: 42.9°   Azimuth: 226.3°   Direction: South-West

73 Orionis is a bright giant star in the constellation of Orion.

73 Orionis visual magnitude is 5.33. Because of its reltive faintness, 73 Orionis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 73 Orionis:

5.33
Bright giant

73 Orionis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 42.9°
Azimuth: 226.3°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 73 Orionis

73 Orionis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 73 Orionis are provided in the following table:

06h 15m 45s
+12° 33’ 03”
197.71°
-2.04°
Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 73 Orionis in the sky:

Finder chart 73 Orionis star
Simplified finder chart for 73 Orionis.

Visibility of 73 Orionis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 73 Orionis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.4°
Max altitude: 51.1°
Azimuth: 282.6°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 73 Orionis

The image below is a photograph of 73 Orionis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 73 Orionis is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 73 Orionis star
DSS2 image of 73 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of 73 Orionis during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 73 Orionis from the Sun and relative movement

73 Orionis is distant 1,399.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

429.18 pc
1,399.14 ly
13 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/year
0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 73 Orionis

73 Orionis belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

-2.83
B9II
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 73 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 73 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 73 Orionis

SAO95457
SAO95457