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Star · B0IV

φ¹ Ori

φ¹ Ori is a subgiant star of spectral type B0IV in the constellation Orion, 1,220 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 26176
ConstellationOrion
Distance1,220 light-years (374.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.39
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −3.47
Spectral typeB0IV
Surface temperature12,630 K
Luminosity4,440 L☉
Radius13.9 R☉
Mass10 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)5h 34m 49.2s
Declination (J2000)+9° 29′ 22″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)33.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.39). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 81° 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 806. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 22 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around φ¹ Ori, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 12.69, 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.