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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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π5 Orionis (pi5 Orionis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:03 | Tran: 14:13 | Set: 20:24
Alt: 8.10°   Az: 263.76°   Direction: West

π5 Orionis is a variable giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Orion.

π5 Orionis visual magnitude is 3.72. Because of its moderate brightness, π5 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 π5 Orionis (pi5 Orionis) star
DSS2 image of π5 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of π5 Orionis during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 55m 34s
+02° 28’ 48”
05h 20m 20s
10h 15m 55s

J2000

04h 54m 15s
+02° 26’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

196.27°
-24.56°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π5 Orionis (pi5 Orionis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.72
Giant

-4.35
B3III
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where π5 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of π5 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π5 Orionis is distant 1,341.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

411.52
1,341.56
23 km/s

Alternative Designations

π5 Orionis
(pi5 Orionis)
SAO112197
SAO112197

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π5 Orionis (pi5 Orionis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.5°
Max altitude: 41.0°
Azimuth: 272.5°