υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis)

Altitude: 19.2° Azimuth: 130.7° Direction: South-East

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

υ Orionis visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, υ Orionis should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about υ Orionis:

Color of υ Orionis ⬤

Magnitude of υ Orionis 4.62

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis) is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 19.2°
Azimuth: 130.7°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of υ Orionis

υ Orionis is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of υ Orionis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 31m 55s

Declination J2000 -07° 18’ 05”

Galactic Longitude 210.44°

Galactic Latitude -20.98°

Constellation Orion

The simplified sky map below shows the position of υ Orionis in the sky:

Finder chart υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis) star

Simplified finder chart for υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis).

Visibility of υ Orionis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 97.3° RISE 19:08

Max altitude: 31.2° TRANSIT 0:33

Azimuth: 262.7° SET 5:54

Digitized Sky Survey image of υ Orionis

The image below is a photograph of υ Orionis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of υ Orionis is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of υ Orionis from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 1,545.02 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of υ Orionis

υ Orionis belongs to spectral class B0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -3.76

Spectral Type B0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.26

Temperature of υ Orionis 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

Alternative designations of υ Orionis

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

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