27 Arietis

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:42 | Tran: 2:19 | Set: 9:52

Alt: -13.94° Az: 35.12° Direction: North-East

27 Arietis is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Aries.

27 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Arietis during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 32m 17s

Declination +17° 48’ 45”

Hour Angle 14h 23m 38s

Sideral Time 16h 55m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 30m 54s

Declination +17° 42’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 154.01°

Galactic Latitude -39.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 27 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.23

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.32

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Arietis is distant 313.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 118 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.15

Distance (light year) 313.46

Radial Speed -118 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.031 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15596

SAO Catalogue SAO92983

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11698

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 380

FK5 Catalogue 1069

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.2° RISE 18:42

Max altitude: 56.3° TRANSIT 2:19

Azimuth: 287.8° SET 9:52

Set Location

Other stars in Aries