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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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Meissa - λ Orionis (lambda Orionis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:21 | Tran: 15:10 | Set: 21:58
Alt: -19.79°   Az: 318.31°   Direction: North-West

Meissa, also designated as λ Orionis (lambda Orionis), is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class O8 in the constellation of Orion.

Meissa visual magnitude is 3.54. Because of its moderate brightness, Meissa 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 Meissa - λ Orionis (lambda Orionis) star
DSS2 image of Meissa. The red arrow shows the motion of Meissa during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 36m 32s
+09° 56’ 56”
09h 22m 12s
14h 58m 44s

J2000

05h 35m 08s
+09° 56’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

195.05°
-12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Meissa - λ Orionis (lambda Orionis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.54
Giant

-4.01
O8III
13121K

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

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

Star System Properties

Meissa is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the Meissa double sysyem:

3.54
5.54
2
4.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Meissa is distant 1,055.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

323.62
1,055.02
34 km/s
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Meissa
λ Orionis
(lambda Orionis)
SAO112921
SAO112921

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 80.1°
Max altitude: 48.5°
Azimuth: 279.9°