60 Arietis

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:18 | Tran: 11:45 | Set: 20:11

Alt: -1.97° Az: 42.16° Direction: North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 03h 21m 56s

Declination +25° 45’ 11”

Hour Angle 15h 12m 32s

Sidereal Time 18h 34m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 20m 25s

Declination +25° 39’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 160.37°

Galactic Latitude -26.17°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.38

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.24

Temperature 4232K

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

Distance (parsec) 88.57

Distance (light year) 288.75

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20663

SAO Catalogue SAO75875

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15557

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 536

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° RISE 3:18

Max altitude: 64.3° TRANSIT 11:45

Azimuth: 295.8° SET 20:11

Set Location

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