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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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27 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:10 | Tran: 11:42 | Set: 19:15
Alt: 56.05°   Az: 189.55°   Direction: South

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.

Image of 27 Arietis star
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

02h 32m 19s
+17° 48’ 55”
00h 22m 20s
02h 54m 39s

J2000

02h 30m 54s
+17° 42’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

154.01°
-39.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 27 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Giant

1.32
G5III
4996K

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

HR 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.

96.15
313.46
-118 km/s
0.031 arcsec/y
-0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO92983
SAO92983

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°
Max altitude: 56.3°
Azimuth: 287.8°