26 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:17 | Tran: 2:07 | Set: 9:53

Alt: 41.36° Az: 247.93° Direction: West-South-West

26 Arietis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A9 in the constellation of Aries.

26 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Arietis during the next 10000 years (13.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 32m 01s

Declination +19° 57’ 51”

Hour Angle 03h 10m 56s

Sideral Time 05h 42m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 30m 38s

Declination +19° 51’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 152.63°

Galactic Latitude -37.23°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 26 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.95

Spectral Type A9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.25

Temperature 7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Arietis is distant 225.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 69.25

Distance (light year) 225.76

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.078 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15550

SAO Catalogue SAO92979

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11678

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 365

FK5 Catalogue 2172

General Catalogue of Variable Stars UU Ari

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.0° RISE 18:17

Max altitude: 58.5° TRANSIT 2:07

Azimuth: 290.0° SET 9:53

Set Location

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