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38 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:57 | Tran: 4:04 | Set: 11:06
Alt: 3.57°   Az: 74.26°   Direction: East-North-East

38 Arietis is a variable giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Aries.

38 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 38 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 38 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 38 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Arietis during the next 1000 years (2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 46m 18s
+12° 32’ 56”
17h 19m 09s
20h 05m 27s

J2000

02h 44m 57s
+12° 26’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

161.43°
-41.79°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 38 Arietis star
Simplified finder chart for 38 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Giant

2.27
A7III
7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Arietis is distant 124.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

38.24
124.67
-2 km/s
0.122 arcsec/y
-0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93083
SAO93083

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.5°
Max altitude: 51.1°
Azimuth: 282.5°