53 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:11 | Tran: 10:44 | Set: 18:18

Alt: 42.39° Az: 241.59° Direction: West-South-West

53 Arietis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Aries.

53 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Arietis during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 08m 51s

Declination +17° 58’ 35”

Hour Angle 02h 52m 18s

Sidereal Time 06h 01m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 07m 25s

Declination +17° 52’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 162.98°

Galactic Latitude -34.21°

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Finder chart for 53 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.71

Spectral Type B1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Arietis is distant 754.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 231.48

Distance (light year) 754.63

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 53 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19374

SAO Catalogue SAO93284

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14514

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 493

General Catalogue of Variable Stars UW Ari

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.0° RISE 3:11

Max altitude: 56.5° TRANSIT 10:44

Azimuth: 288.0° SET 18:18

Set Location

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