15 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:15 | Tran: 10:59 | Set: 18:42

Alt: 19.23° Az: 82.37° Direction: East

15 Arietis is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Aries.

15 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 15 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.

DSS2 image of 15 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Arietis during the next 10000 years (14.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 12m 02s

Declination +19° 37’ 08”

Hour Angle 18h 26m 06s

Sidereal Time 20h 38m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 10m 37s

Declination +19° 30’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 147.4°

Galactic Latitude -39.58°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.7

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.85

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.65

Temperature 3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Arietis is distant 665.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 60 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 204.08

Distance (light year) 665.31

Radial Speed 60 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.088 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 15 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13325

SAO Catalogue SAO92822

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10155

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 277

FK5 Catalogue 1056

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 738

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.4° RISE 3:15

Max altitude: 58.1° TRANSIT 10:59

Azimuth: 289.6° SET 18:42

Set Location

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