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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:44 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:00
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θ1 Orionis (theta1 Orionis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:07 | Tran: 6:38 | Set: 12:09
Alt: 6.25°   Az: 253.22°   Direction: West-South-West

θ1 Orionis is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Orion.

θ1 Orionis visual magnitude is 6.7. Because of its faintness, θ1 Orionis is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of θ1 Orionis (theta1 Orionis) star
DSS2 image of θ1 Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of θ1 Orionis during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 36m 30s
-05° 22’ 23”
04h 51m 41s
10h 28m 11s

J2000

05h 35m 17s
-05° 23’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

209.01°
-19.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart θ1 Orionis (theta1 Orionis) star
Simplified finder chart for θ1 Orionis (theta1 Orionis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.7
Hypergiant

-23.30
B0V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where θ1 Orionis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of θ1 Orionis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

θ1 Orionis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the θ1 Orionis double sysyem:

6.7
6.8
0.1
117 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ1 Orionis is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
31 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

θ1 Orionis
(theta1 Orionis)

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ1 Orionis (theta1 Orionis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.4°
Max altitude: 33.1°
Azimuth: 264.6°