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public  Caltana, Italy Caltana, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:36 
Transit: 13:17 
Sunset: 20:58
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ι Arietis (iota Arietis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:30 | Tran: 7:49 | Set: 15:03
Alt: -6.79°   Az: 304.30°   Direction: North-West

ι Arietis is a double star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Aries.

ι Arietis visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, ι 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 ι Arietis (iota Arietis) star
DSS2 image of ι Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Arietis during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 58m 45s
+17° 56’ 28”
08h 01m 42s
10h 00m 27s

J2000

01h 57m 21s
+17° 49’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

144.34°
-42.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Arietis (iota Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1

-1.43
K1
4943K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Arietis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Arietis double sysyem:

5.1
6.1
1
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Arietis is distant 658.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

202.02
658.59
-5 km/s
0.037 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Arietis
(iota Arietis)
SAO92721
SAO92721

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Arietis (iota Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Caltana, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 72.1°
Max altitude: 62.5°
Azimuth: 287.9°