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Star · A0V

π¹ Ori

π¹ Ori is a main-sequence star of spectral type A0V in the constellation Orion, 120.8 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 22845
ConstellationOrion
Distance120.8 light-years (37.0 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 4.64
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 1.80
Spectral typeA0V
Surface temperature9,180 K
Luminosity19.9 L☉
Radius1.77 R☉
Mass2.13 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)4h 54m 53.7s
Declination (J2000)+10° 09′ 03″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 4.64). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 80° S. North of latitude 80° N it never sets. 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 1905. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.1 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around π¹ Ori, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.67, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 24069 8.28 light-years
  • HIP 23443 8.81 light-years
  • HIP 23286 9.60 light-years
  • GJ 9169B 12.0 light-years
  • GJ 9169A 12.0 light-years
  • HIP 22067 13.8 light-years
  • HIP 22940 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 21543 15.5 light-years

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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.