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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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η Arietis (eta Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:26 | Tran: 11:20 | Set: 19:15
Alt: 59.82°   Az: 177.00°   Direction: South

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 13s
+21° 19’ 43”
23h 53m 31s
02h 07m 45s

J2000

02h 12m 48s
+21° 12’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

147.14°
-37.81°

Finder Chart

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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°