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π6 Orionis (pi6 Orionis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:51 | Tran: 13:58 | Set: 20:05
Alt: -24.05°   Az: 52.10°   Direction: North-East

π6 Orionis is a variable bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Orion.

π6 Orionis visual magnitude is 4.47. Because of its moderate brightness, π6 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 π6 Orionis (pi6 Orionis) star
DSS2 image of π6 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of π6 Orionis during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 59m 51s
+01° 45’ 04”
15h 04m 31s
20h 04m 23s

J2000

04h 58m 32s
+01° 42’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

197.56°
-24.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π6 Orionis (pi6 Orionis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.47
Bright giant

-2.86
K2II
3950K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where π6 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of π6 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π6 Orionis is distant 953.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

292.40
953.22
14 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

π6 Orionis
(pi6 Orionis)
SAO112281
SAO112281

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π6 Orionis (pi6 Orionis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.2°
Max altitude: 40.3°
Azimuth: 271.8°