36 Arietis

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:15 | Tran: 11:48 | Set: 19:21

Alt: -20.12° Az: 9.94° Direction: North

36 Arietis is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Aries.

36 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Arietis during the next 10000 years (6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 45m 44s

Declination +17° 52’ 12”

Hour Angle 12h 39m 14s

Sidereal Time 15h 24m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 44m 19s

Declination +17° 45’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 157.47°

Galactic Latitude -37.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.46

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.95

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature 4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Arietis is distant 413.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 126.74

Distance (light year) 413.18

Radial Speed -32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.039 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17017

SAO Catalogue SAO93081

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12784

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 426

FK5 Catalogue 2190

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.1° RISE 4:15

Max altitude: 56.4° TRANSIT 11:48

Azimuth: 287.9° SET 19:21

Set Location

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