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υ Orionis (upsilon Orionis)

Altitude: -35.4°   Azimuth: 50.0°   Direction: North-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 skies, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skies affected by light pollution.

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);

Key facts about υ Orionis

4.62
Hypergiant

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

Altitude: -35.4°
Azimuth: 50.0°
Direction: North-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:

05h 31m 55s
-07° 18’ 05”
210.44°
-20.98°
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°
Max altitude: 31.2°
Azimuth: 262.7°

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.

473.93 pc
1,545.02 ly
17 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/year
-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.

-3.76
B0V
15229K

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

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

Alternative designations of υ Orionis

υ Orionis
(upsilon Orionis)
SAO132222
SAO132222