Star profile
Phi 1 Orionis
Hot blue starWhat is Phi 1 Orionis
Phi-1 Orionis is a blue B-type star more than a thousand light-years away, set in the head of the Hunter. It belongs to the dynamic Orion OB1 complex, a fertile region of young suns and bright nebulae that gave birth to many of the stars sketching out winter's most recognisable silhouette. Its raw, hot light travelled for a millennium before reaching human eyes.
Where it is and when to see it
Phi 1 Orionis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 59° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 47° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 81° S.
It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 128 stars of Orion in our catalogue. To find it, start from Rigel, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,100 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Phi 1 Orionis
- Constellation
- Orion
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.39
- Distance
- 1087.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 83.705° · Dec 9.490°
- Catalogue
- HIP 26176 · HD 36822
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Other stars in Orion
Orion has 128 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- RigelBeta Orionis0.18
- BetelgeuseAlpha Orionis0.45
- BellatrixGamma Orionis1.64
- 29 Orionis4.13
- 32 Orionis4.20
- Pi 2 Orionis4.35
- Chi 1 Orionis4.39
- Nu Orionis4.42