19 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:27 | Tran: 10:45 | Set: 18:04

Alt: 53.17° Az: 165.09° Direction: South-South-East

19 Arietis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Aries.

19 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, 19 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 19 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Arietis during the next 1000 years (1.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 14m 26s

Declination +15° 23’ 51”

Hour Angle 23h 23m 10s

Sidereal Time 01h 37m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 13m 03s

Declination +15° 16’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 150.4°

Galactic Latitude -43.2°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.71

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.39

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.55

Temperature 3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Arietis is distant 540.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 165.84

Distance (light year) 540.63

Radial Speed 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.097 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13596

SAO Catalogue SAO92841

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10328

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 357

FK5 Catalogue 1057

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 748

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.6° RISE 3:27

Max altitude: 53.9° TRANSIT 10:45

Azimuth: 285.4° SET 18:04

Set Location

Other stars in Aries