Star profile

74 Orionis

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 74 Orionis

74 Orionis is a white-yellow F5IV-V subgiant just 63 light-years away, placing it among the Sun's relatively close neighbours. With 1.4 solar masses and a radius 38% larger than ours, it burns hotter —around 6,500 K— and livelier than our daytime star. Two faint visual companions at 32 and 195 arcseconds trace a small, quiet system on the northern edge of the Hunter.

Where it is and when to see it

74 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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Astronomical data for 74 Orionis

Constellation: Orion
Apparent magnitude: 5.04
Distance: 62.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 94.111° · Dec 12.272°
Catalogue: HIP 29800 · HD 43386

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Other stars in Orion

Orion has 128 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 128 stars in Orion