55 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:52 | Tran: 10:47 | Set: 19:42

Alt: 51.47° Az: 251.27° Direction: West-South-West

55 Arietis is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Aries.

55 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 55 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 55 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 55 Arietis during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 11m 08s

Declination +29° 10’ 20”

Hour Angle 02h 50m 01s

Sidereal Time 06h 01m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 09m 36s

Declination +29° 04’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 156.01°

Galactic Latitude -24.78°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.72

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.98

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 55 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

55 Arietis is distant 1,128.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 346.02

Distance (light year) 1,128.03

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 55 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19548

SAO Catalogue SAO75757

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14677

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 499

FK5 Catalogue 1088

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 55 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.8° RISE 1:52

Max altitude: 67.7° TRANSIT 10:47

Azimuth: 299.2° SET 19:42

Set Location

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