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TimezoneAmerica/Santo_Domingo
Sunrise: 6:06 
Transit: 12:43 
Sunset: 19:21
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1 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:16 | Tran: 7:48 | Set: 14:19
Alt: 57.36°   Az: 78.74°   Direction: East-North-East

1 Arietis is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aries.

1 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.86. Because of its faintness, 1 Arietis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 1 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 1 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Arietis during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 51m 33s
+22° 24’ 03”
21h 40m 23s
23h 31m 56s

J2000

01h 50m 08s
+22° 16’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

140.39°
-38.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 1 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.86
Giant

-0.37
K1III
5468K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

1 Arietis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 1 Arietis double sysyem:

5.86
6.96
1.1
2.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Arietis is distant 573.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

176.06
573.94
3 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO74966
SAO74966

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Arietis rise, transit and set times from La Entrada, Repubblica Dominicana are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Santo_Domingo):

Azimuth: 67.6°
Max altitude: 87.2°
Azimuth: 292.4°