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Star · B2IV

22 Ori

22 Ori is a subgiant star of spectral type B2IV in the constellation Orion, 1,141 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 25044
ConstellationOrion
Distance1,141 light-years (349.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.72
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −3.00
Spectral typeB2IV
Surface temperature12,860 K
Luminosity2,980 L☉
Radius11 R☉
Mass8.93 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 21m 45.7s
Declination (J2000)−0° 22′ 57″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.72). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 90° N. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 885. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 20 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 22 Ori, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.55, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.