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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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15 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:38 | Tran: 11:22 | Set: 19:06
Alt: 30.89°   Az: 97.09°   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.

Image of 15 Arietis star
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

02h 12m 02s
+19° 37’ 08”
19h 41m 13s
21h 53m 15s

J2000

02h 10m 37s
+19° 30’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

147.4°
-39.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 15 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Giant

-0.85
M3III
3581K

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

HR 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.

204.08
665.31
60 km/s
0.088 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO92822
SAO92822

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°
Max altitude: 58.1°
Azimuth: 289.6°