7 Arietis

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:15 | Tran: 3:30 | Set: 11:42

Alt: 3.26° Az: 305.08° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 01h 57m 13s

Declination +23° 41’ 50”

Hour Angle 07h 47m 23s

Sideral Time 09h 44m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 55m 50s

Declination +23° 34’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 141.48°

Galactic Latitude -36.96°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 7 Arietis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.74

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.28

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.19

Temperature 4328K

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

Distance (parsec) 160.00

Distance (light year) 521.60

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 7 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD11763

SAO Catalogue SAO75030

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8993

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 284

FK5 Catalogue 2130

General Catalogue of Variable Stars RR Ari

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° RISE 19:15

Max altitude: 62.2° TRANSIT 3:30

Azimuth: 293.7° SET 11:42

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Aries