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Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 19:10
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η Arietis (eta Arietis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:33 | Tran: 3:32 | Set: 11:26
Alt: -14.09°   Az: 23.44°   Direction: North-North-East

η Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Aries.

η Arietis visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, η 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 η Arietis (eta Arietis) star
DSS2 image of η Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of η Arietis during the next 1000 years (2.68 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 14m 11s
+21° 19’ 32”
13h 37m 53s
15h 52m 04s

J2000

02h 12m 48s
+21° 12’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

147.14°
-37.81°

Finder Chart

Finder chart η Arietis (eta Arietis) star
Simplified finder chart for η Arietis (eta Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Main-sequence

2.88
F5V
6724K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Arietis is distant 98.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

30.13
98.22
6 km/s
0.161 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

η Arietis
(eta Arietis)
SAO75204
SAO75204

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 68.7°
Max altitude: 59.8°
Azimuth: 291.3°