49 Arietis

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:37 | Tran: 12:09 | Set: 20:42

Alt: -11.94° Az: 358.37° Direction: North

49 Arietis is a variable star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Aries.

49 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, 49 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 49 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Arietis during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 03m 24s

Declination +26° 33’ 39”

Hour Angle 11h 52m 51s

Sidereal Time 14h 56m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 01m 54s

Declination +26° 27’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 156.02°

Galactic Latitude -27.9°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class

Absolute magnitude 1.81

Spectral Type A3

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature 8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Arietis is distant 213.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 65.62

Distance (light year) 213.91

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 49 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18769

SAO Catalogue SAO75693

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14109

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 477

FK5 Catalogue 2214

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1021

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.4° RISE 3:37

Max altitude: 65.1° TRANSIT 12:09

Azimuth: 296.6° SET 20:42

Set Location

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