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64 Arietis

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:03 | Tran: 0:26 | Set: 8:46
Alt: 62.49°   Az: 162.50°   Direction: South-South-East

64 Arietis is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Aries.

64 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 64 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Arietis during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 25m 46s
+24° 48’ 38”
23h 24m 47s
02h 50m 34s

J2000

03h 24m 18s
+24° 43’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

161.78°
-26.39°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 64 Arietis star
Simplified finder chart for 64 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Giant

1.26
K4
4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Arietis is distant 229.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

70.52
229.90
13 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75912
SAO75912

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.2°
Max altitude: 63.3°
Azimuth: 294.8°