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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 21:19
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ν Arietis (nu Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:33 | Tran: 9:33 | Set: 17:33
Alt: 25.03°   Az: 85.45°   Direction: South

ν Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Aries.

ν Arietis visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, ν 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 ν Arietis (nu Arietis) star
DSS2 image of ν Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Arietis during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 40m 16s
+22° 04’ 12”
18h 51m 41s
21h 31m 57s

J2000

02h 38m 48s
+21° 57’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

153.46°
-34.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Arietis (nu Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.43
Main-sequence

0.30
A7V
8486K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Arietis is distant 346.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

106.27
346.44
8 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Arietis
(nu Arietis)
SAO75495
SAO75495

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 67.9°
Max altitude: 60.6°
Azimuth: 292.1°