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Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:21
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7 Arietis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:46 | Tran: 15:57 | Set: 0:12
Alt: -13.57°   Az: 345.28°   Direction: North-North-West

7 Arietis is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aries.

7 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Arietis star
DSS2 image of 7 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Arietis during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 57m 15s
+23° 41’ 58”
10h 57m 23s
12h 54m 39s

J2000

01h 55m 50s
+23° 34’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

141.48°
-36.96°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Giant

-0.28
K1III
4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Arietis is distant 521.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

160.00
521.60
14 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75030
SAO75030

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Arietis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.3°
Max altitude: 62.2°
Azimuth: 293.7°