33 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 11:33 | Set: 20:10

Alt: 17.28° Az: 67.85° Direction: East-North-East

33 Arietis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Aries.

33 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Arietis during the next 10000 years (11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 42m 10s

Declination +27° 10’ 06”

Hour Angle 17h 35m 02s

Sidereal Time 20h 17m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 40m 41s

Declination +27° 03’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 151.02°

Galactic Latitude -29.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 33 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.3

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.03

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature 9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

33 Arietis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 33 Arietis double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.3

Secondary star magnitude 9.5

Magnitude difference 4.2

Separation 28.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Arietis is distant 233.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 71.58

Distance (light year) 233.36

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.067 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 33 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16628

SAO Catalogue SAO75510

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12489

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+26 443

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS2033

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.8° RISE 2:55

Max altitude: 65.7° TRANSIT 11:33

Azimuth: 297.2° SET 20:10

Set Location

Other stars in Aries