Bellatrix (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , Bellatrix is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:01 (EDT) – 3 hours and 49 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 31° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:59.

Name Bellatrix
Object type Star
Other names
Bellatrix
γ-Ori
Gamma Orionis
24-Ori
24 Orionis
HR 1790[1]
HD 35468
NSV 1972
HIP 25336[5]
TYC 113-1856-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:05h25m07s [3]
Declination:+06°20'59" [3]
Constellation:Orion
Magnitude:
Variable
1.66 (V) [3]
1.47 (BT) [2]
1.63 (VT) [2]
Distance:77.4 parsec
252.3 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):-0.14
Proper motion (speed):15.2 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):212.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.78

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