29 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:53 | Tran: 10:10 | Set: 17:27

Alt: 35.23° Az: 248.06° Direction: West-South-West

29 Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Aries.

29 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, 29 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 29 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Arietis during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 34m 18s

Declination +15° 08’ 44”

Hour Angle 03h 26m 51s

Sidereal Time 06h 01m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 32m 54s

Declination +15° 02’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 156.28°

Galactic Latitude -41.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 29 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.04

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.75

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.54

Temperature 6213K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Arietis is distant 93.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 28.70

Distance (light year) 93.57

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15814

SAO Catalogue SAO92998

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11843

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 419

Gliese Catalogue NN 3161

FK5 Catalogue 2176

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.9° RISE 2:53

Max altitude: 53.7° TRANSIT 10:10

Azimuth: 285.1° SET 17:27

Set Location

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