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public  Mhasla, India Mhasla, India  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kolkata
Sunrise: 6:07 
Transit: 12:41 
Sunset: 19:16
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ξ Orionis (xi Orionis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:47 | Tran: 12:04 | Set: 18:21
Alt: 9.90°   Az: 281.82°   Direction: West-North-West

ξ Orionis is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Orion.

ξ Orionis visual magnitude is 4.48. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Orionis (xi Orionis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Orionis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Orionis during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 13m 23s
+14° 12’ 03”
05h 36m 10s
11h 49m 34s

J2000

06h 11m 56s
+14° 12’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

195.81°
-2.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Orionis (xi Orionis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.48
Sub-giant

-1.97
B3IV
13121K

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

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

Star System Properties

ξ Orionis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ξ Orionis double sysyem:

4.48
12.38
7.9
40 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Orionis is distant 634.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

194.55
634.24
24 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Orionis
(xi Orionis)
SAO95362
SAO95362

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ξ Orionis (xi Orionis) rise, transit and set times from Mhasla, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 75.8°
Max altitude: 86.1°
Azimuth: 284.2°