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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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λ Arietis (lambda Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:46 | Tran: 10:58 | Set: 19:09
Alt: 21.89°   Az: 281.03°   Direction: West

λ Arietis is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Aries.

λ Arietis visual magnitude is 4.79. Because of its moderate brightness, λ Arietis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of λ Arietis (lambda Arietis) star
DSS2 image of λ Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Arietis during the next 10000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 59m 21s
+23° 43’ 08”
05h 36m 35s
07h 35m 56s

J2000

01h 57m 55s
+23° 35’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

142.04°
-36.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Arietis (lambda Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.79
Hypergiant

1.73
F0V
7591K

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

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

Star System Properties

λ Arietis is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the λ Arietis double sysyem:

4.79
7.29
2.5
37.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Arietis is distant 133.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

40.83
133.12
-1 km/s
-0.09 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Arietis
(lambda Arietis)
SAO75051
SAO75051

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 66.3°
Max altitude: 62.2°
Azimuth: 293.7°