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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:20
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16 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:48 | Tran: 16:17 | Set: 0:49
Alt: 13.78°   Az: 294.72°   Direction: West-North-West

16 Arietis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aries.

16 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, 16 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 16 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 16 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Arietis during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 12m 38s
+26° 03’ 15”
06h 43m 29s
08h 56m 07s

J2000

02h 11m 12s
+25° 56’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

144.53°
-33.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Giant

-0.93
K4
4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Arietis is distant 800.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

245.70
800.98
-19 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75188
SAO75188

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.9°
Max altitude: 64.6°
Azimuth: 296.1°