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κ Arietis (kappa Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:18 | Tran: 10:23 | Set: 18:28
Alt: 21.75°   Az: 80.34°   Direction: East

κ Arietis is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Aries.

κ Arietis visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, κ 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 κ Arietis (kappa Arietis) star
DSS2 image of κ Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Arietis during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 07m 59s
+22° 46’ 06”
18h 27m 06s
20h 35m 06s

J2000

02h 06m 33s
+22° 38’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

144.78°
-37.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Arietis (kappa Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03

1.23
A2
8932K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Arietis is distant 187.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

57.47
187.36
12 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Arietis
(kappa Arietis)
SAO75146
SAO75146

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 67.2°
Max altitude: 61.3°
Azimuth: 292.8°