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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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40 Arietis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:32 | Tran: 12:08 | Set: 19:44
Alt: -19.86°   Az: 352.92°   Direction: North

40 Arietis is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aries.

40 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its faintness, 40 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 40 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 40 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 40 Arietis during the next 10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 49m 57s
+18° 23’ 17”
11h 31m 54s
14h 21m 52s

J2000

02h 48m 32s
+18° 17’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

158.18°
-36.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 40 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.82
Giant

-0.12
K1III
4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 40 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 40 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

40 Arietis is distant 501.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 47 kilometers per second.

153.85
501.54
47 km/s
0.044 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93118
SAO93118

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 40 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.6°
Max altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 288.4°