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Star · A5V

52 Ori

52 Ori is a main-sequence star of spectral type A5V in the constellation Orion, 408.6 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 27386
ConstellationOrion
Distance408.6 light-years (125.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.26
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.23
Spectral typeA5V
Surface temperature7,910 K
Luminosity111 L☉
Radius5.6 R☉
Mass3.48 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 48m 00.2s
Declination (J2000)+6° 27′ 14″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)26.7 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.26). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 84° S. 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 1617. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 52 Ori, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.32, 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.