14 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:37 | Tran: 2:10 | Set: 10:38

Alt: 63.24° Az: 202.31° Direction: South-South-West

14 Arietis is a multiple giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Aries.

14 Arietis visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, 14 Arietis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 14 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Arietis during the next 10000 years (12.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 10m 50s

Declination +26° 03’ 21”

Hour Angle 00h 43m 51s

Sideral Time 02h 54m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 09m 25s

Declination +25° 56’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 144.08°

Galactic Latitude -33.71°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 14 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.98

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.02

Spectral Type F2III

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

14 Arietis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 14 Arietis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.98

Secondary star magnitude 7.48

Magnitude difference 2.5

Separation 105.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Arietis is distant 319.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 98.14

Distance (light year) 319.92

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.075 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13174

SAO Catalogue SAO75171

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10053

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 355

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.9° RISE 17:37

Max altitude: 64.6° TRANSIT 2:10

Azimuth: 296.1° SET 10:38

Set Location

Other stars in Aries