20 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:48 | Tran: 11:16 | Set: 19:43

Alt: 11.80° Az: 63.00° Direction: East-North-East

20 Arietis is a sub-giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Aries.

20 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 20 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 20 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Arietis during the next 1000 years (2.93 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 17m 13s

Declination +25° 54’ 00”

Hour Angle 17h 03m 16s

Sidereal Time 19h 20m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 15m 46s

Declination +25° 46’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 145.74°

Galactic Latitude -33.33°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.77

Spectral Type F6IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.44

Temperature 6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Arietis is distant 130.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 40.11

Distance (light year) 130.77

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.176 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 20 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13871

SAO Catalogue SAO75239

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10540

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 373

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.1° RISE 2:48

Max altitude: 64.4° TRANSIT 11:16

Azimuth: 295.9° SET 19:43

Set Location

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