38 Arietis

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:09 | Tran: 12:12 | Set: 19:15

Alt: -21.90° Az: 28.24° Direction: North-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.

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

Right Ascension 02h 46m 20s

Declination +12° 33’ 06”

Hour Angle 13h 46m 54s

Sidereal Time 16h 33m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 44m 57s

Declination +12° 26’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 161.43°

Galactic Latitude -41.79°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.18

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 2.27

Spectral Type A7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.24

Temperature 7866K

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

Distance (parsec) 38.24

Distance (light year) 124.67

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.122 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.084"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17093

SAO Catalogue SAO93083

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12832

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 377

General Catalogue of Variable Stars UV Ari

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: 77.4° RISE 5:09

Max altitude: 51.1° TRANSIT 12:12

Azimuth: 282.6° SET 19:15

Set Location

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