σ-Ori (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , σ-Ori will become visible at around 20:23 (EDT), 34° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 23:47.

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Name σ-Ori

Object type Star

Other names

σ-Ori
Sigma Orionis
48-Ori
48 Orionis
HR 1931^[1]
HD 37468
HIP 26549^[5]
TYC 4771-1196-1^[4]
Gaia EDR3- 3216486443742786048^[6]

Position

Right ascension:	05^h38^m44^s ^[6]
Declination:	−02°36'00" ^[6]
Constellation:	Orion
Magnitude:	3.80 (V) ^[3] 3.51 (BT) ^[2] 3.77 (VT) ^[2] 3.79 (G) ^[6] 3.64 (BP) ^[6] 3.98 (RP) ^[6]
B-V Color (mag):	-0.22
Proper motion (speed):	26.3 mas/yr^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	59.3°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA 1997)

^[3]	The Tycho Catalogue (ESA 1997)

^[4]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[5]	Hipparcos, the new reduction of the raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

^[6]	Gaia EDR3 (Gaia Collaboration 2020)

Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Fairfield

Latitude:
Longitude:
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41.14°N
73.26°W
EDT

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