Meissa (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , Meissa is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:21, when it reaches an altitude of 16° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:25, 58° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:36, 26° above your western horizon.

Name Meissa
Object type Star
Other names
Meissa
λ-Ori
Lambda Orionis
39-Ori
39 Orionis
HR 1879[1]
HD 36861
NSV 2240
HIP 26207[3]
TYC 705-2400-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:05h35m08s [2]
Declination:+09°56'02" [2]
Constellation:Orion
Magnitude:
Variable
3.53 (V) [2]
3.31 (BT) [2]
3.51 (VT) [2]
Distance:336.7 parsec
1097.6 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):-0.17
Proper motion (speed):3.0 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):186.6°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-4.11

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