υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis)

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:29 | Tran: 14:51 | Set: 20:12

Alt: 7.64° Az: 111.96° Direction: East-South-East

υ Orionis is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Orion.

υ Orionis visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, υ 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 υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis) star

DSS2 image of υ Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Orionis during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 33m 09s

Declination -07° 17’ 04”

Hour Angle 19h 28m 17s

Sidereal Time 01h 01m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 31m 55s

Declination -07° 18’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.44°

Galactic Latitude -20.98°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.62

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.76

Spectral Type B0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.26

Temperature 15229K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Orionis is distant 1,545.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 473.93

Distance (light year) 1,545.02

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ Orionis
(upsilon Orionis)

Flamsteed designation 36 Orionis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36512

SAO Catalogue SAO132222

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25923

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 1106

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 97.3° RISE 9:29

Max altitude: 31.2° TRANSIT 14:51

Azimuth: 262.7° SET 20:12

Set Location

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