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Its story
18 Orionis is a white A-type star 443 light-years away, in the most recognisable constellation of the winter sky. It shares its neighbourhood with the molecular cloud complex where new stars are still being born today, one of the most active star-forming regions visible from Earth. Its light crossed four centuries before reaching this moment.
- Constellation
- Orion
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.52
- Distance
- 443.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 79.017° · Dec 11.341°
- Catalogue
- HIP 24555 · HD 34203
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