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20 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:59 | Tran: 3:31 | Set: 11:58
Alt: 63.94°   Az: 166.56°   Direction: South-South-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.

Image of 20 Arietis star
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

02h 17m 10s
+25° 53’ 49”
23h 33m 55s
01h 51m 06s

J2000

02h 15m 46s
+25° 46’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

145.74°
-33.33°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 20 Arietis star
Simplified finder chart for 20 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Sub-giant

2.77
F6IV
6674K

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

HR 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.

40.11
130.77
26 km/s
0.176 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75239
SAO75239

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°
Max altitude: 64.4°
Azimuth: 295.9°