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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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4 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:31 | Tran: 11:00 | Set: 18:28
Alt: 19.52°   Az: 86.85°   Direction: East

4 Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aries.

4 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, 4 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 4 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 4 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Arietis during the next 10000 years (8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 49m 33s
+17° 04’ 52”
18h 40m 24s
20h 29m 57s

J2000

01h 48m 10s
+16° 57’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

141.89°
-43.82°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Main-sequence

1.12
B9V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Arietis is distant 286.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

87.95
286.72
10 km/s
0.053 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO92637
SAO92637

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 4 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.9°
Max altitude: 55.6°
Azimuth: 287.1°