30 Arietis

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:57 | Tran: 12:16 | Set: 20:35

Alt: -11.58° Az: 340.71° Direction: North-North-West

30 Arietis is a double giant star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Aries.

30 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, 30 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 30 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 30 Arietis during the next 1000 years (2.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 38m 28s

Declination +24° 45’ 23”

Hour Angle 10h 36m 28s

Sidereal Time 13h 14m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 37m 00s

Declination +24° 38’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 151.49°

Galactic Latitude -32.31°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 3.48

Spectral Type F6III

Color Index (B-V) 0.41

Temperature 6827K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 30 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 30 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

30 Arietis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 30 Arietis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.5

Secondary star magnitude 7.1

Magnitude difference 0.6

Separation 38.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

30 Arietis is distant 130.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 40.13

Distance (light year) 130.82

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.136 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 30 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16246

SAO Catalogue SAO75471

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12189

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 376

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS1982

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 30 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.2° RISE 3:57

Max altitude: 63.3° TRANSIT 12:16

Azimuth: 294.8° SET 20:35

Set Location

Other stars in Aries