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11 Arietis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:40 | Tran: 11:07 | Set: 19:34
Alt: -12.00°   Az: 10.82°   Direction: North

11 Arietis is a double sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aries.

11 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, 11 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 11 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 11 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 11 Arietis during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 08m 15s
+25° 49’ 29”
12h 47m 03s
14h 55m 19s

J2000

02h 06m 49s
+25° 42’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

143.52°
-34.14°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 11 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Sub-giant

-1.61
B9IV
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 11 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 11 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

11 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 11 Arietis double sysyem:

6.15
11.65
5.5
1.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

11 Arietis is distant 1,160.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

355.87
1,160.14
-9 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75149
SAO75149

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 11 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.2°
Max altitude: 64.3°
Azimuth: 295.8°