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χ1 Orionis (chi1 Orionis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:09 | Tran: 14:58 | Set: 22:46
Alt: 4.49°   Az: 297.36°   Direction: West-North-West

χ1 Orionis is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Orion.

χ1 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.41. Because of its moderate brightness, χ1 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.

Image of χ1 Orionis (chi1 Orionis) star
DSS2 image of χ1 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ1 Orionis during the next 1000 years (-3.15 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 55m 53s
+20° 16’ 44”
07h 17m 07s
13h 13m 00s

J2000

05h 54m 22s
+20° 16’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

188.46°
-2.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ1 Orionis (chi1 Orionis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.41
Hypergiant

4.72
G0V
6007K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ1 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of χ1 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ1 Orionis is distant 28.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

8.66
28.24
-14 km/s
-0.189 arcsec/y
-0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

χ1 Orionis
(chi1 Orionis)
SAO77705
SAO77705
Gl 222 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ1 Orionis (chi1 Orionis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.7°
Max altitude: 58.8°
Azimuth: 290.3°