HD 37320 (HR 1920, HIP 26487) is a star located in the constellation Orion. It is an evolved blue giant star, based on its spectral type of B8III. The distance to HD 37320 is calculated at 285.5 parsecs (931 light-years), based on a parallax from Gaia EDR3. The apparent magnitude of the star is 5.852, which is above the limiting magnitude for naked-eye vision (6.5m), making it faintly visible to the naked eye.
Characteristics
It is an evolved blue giant star with a spectral type of B8III. It radiates about 219 times the solar luminosity by its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,300 K. Its uniform disk angular diameter is measured at 0.153milliarcseconds. At the estimated distance by Gaia EDR3, it yields a physical size of 4.696R☉. The star has a mass of 5.644M☉ and rotates under its own axis at a speed of 25km/s.
HD 37320 is located within the constellation Orion, based on its astronomical coordinates. The distance to the star is 285.5 parsecs (931 light-years), based on a parallax of 3.5025mas from Gaia EDR3. The apparent magnitude of the star, i.e. its brightness as seen from Earth, is of 5.852m, which is above the limiting magnitude for naked-eye vision, generally defined as 6.5m, making it faintly visible to the naked eye. The absolute magnitude of HD 37320, i.e. its brightness if it was seen at 10 parsecs (32.6ly), is -1.43. It is moving away from Earth at a velocity of 20.1km/s.