14 Orionis, a giant star in Orion
14 Orionis is a giant star in the constellation Orion. It lies about 204 light years away.
14 Orionis (HIP 23879)
14 Orionis is a giant star in the constellation Orion. It lies about 204 light years away. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 21.9 km/s relative to the Sun.
Sky position: RA 5h 7.9m, Dec +8° 29.9'
Common designations: 14 Orionis, i Orionis, HR 1664, HD 33054, HIP 23879, Gaia DR3 3290083766376434176
14 Orionis has the spectral type kA4hF0mF5(III)Eu. Its luminosity class III marks it as a giant: an evolved star that has left the main sequence and swollen to many times its original size.
How to find 14 Orionis in the sky
14 Orionis lies in Orion. With a declination of +8° 29.9', it is visible from the entire Northern Hemisphere and from the Southern Hemisphere down to about latitude 82° S. It is highest in the sky at local midnight around January, which makes the weeks around that month the best time to observe it.
Tabulated data for 14 Orionis
Astrometry and spectroscopy
| Right Ascension (J2000) | 76.97038995° (5h 7.9m) |
| Declination (J2000) | 8.49845031° (+8° 29.9') |
| Galactic Longitude | 192.67147954° |
| Galactic Latitude | -18.47812426° |
| Proper motion RA | 30.35 mas/yr |
| Proper motion Dec | -57.04 mas/yr |
| Parallax | 16.02 ± 0.31 mas |
| Spectral Type | kA4hF0mF5(III)Eu |
| Radial Velocity | 10.70 km/s |
Photometry
| Band | Magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
|---|---|---|
| R | 6.59 | 2.61 |
| J | 4.63 | 0.66 |
| H | 4.62 | 0.64 |
| K | 4.54 | 0.56 |
Derivations
- Heliocentric distance: 62.41 pc (204 light years) (2.0% margin of error)
- Transverse velocity: 19.1 km/s
- Space velocity relative to the Sun: 21.9 km/s
- Galactic position (X, Y, Z): -57.8 pc, -13.0 pc, -19.8 pc
- Galactic velocity (U, V, W): -5.3 km/s, -20.7 km/s, -4.8 km/s
Data: Extended Hipparcos Compilation (XHIP) and SIMBAD.