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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:33 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 19:17
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60 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:20 | Tran: 4:51 | Set: 13:17
Alt: 35.86°   Az: 267.29°   Direction: West

60 Arietis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Aries.

60 Arietis visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 60 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Arietis during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 21m 53s
+25° 45’ 02”
04h 16m 00s
07h 37m 54s

J2000

03h 20m 25s
+25° 39’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

160.37°
-26.17°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 60 Arietis star
Simplified finder chart for 60 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Giant

1.38
K3
4232K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Arietis is distant 288.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

88.57
288.75
26 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75875
SAO75875

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.2°
Max altitude: 64.3°
Azimuth: 295.8°