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public  Santa Ignacia, Philippines Santa Ignacia, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:35 
Transit: 12:03 
Sunset: 18:32
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μ Arietis (mu Arietis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:56 | Tran: 7:17 | Set: 13:43
Alt: -35.33°   Az: 309.49°   Direction: North-West

μ Arietis is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Aries.

μ Arietis visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, μ 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 μ Arietis (mu Arietis) star
DSS2 image of μ Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Arietis during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 43m 48s
+20° 07’ 09”
09h 11m 34s
11h 55m 23s

J2000

02h 42m 21s
+20° 00’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

155.53°
-35.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Arietis (mu Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Hypergiant

0.61
A0V
10382K

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

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

Star System Properties

μ 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 μ Arietis double sysyem:

5.69
6.49
0.8
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Arietis is distant 338.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

103.73
338.17
-7 km/s
0.029 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Arietis
(mu Arietis)
SAO93062
SAO93062

Visibility from Your Location

Today's μ Arietis (mu Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Santa Ignacia, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 69.9°
Max altitude: 85.5°
Azimuth: 290.1°