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ο Arietis (omicron Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:37 | Tran: 3:59 | Set: 11:18
Alt: 48.57°   Az: 141.10°   Direction: South-East

ο Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Aries.

ο Arietis visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, ο 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 ο Arietis (omicron Arietis) star
DSS2 image of ο Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Arietis during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 45m 54s
+15° 24’ 54”
22h 17m 51s
01h 03m 46s

J2000

02h 44m 32s
+15° 18’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

159.22°
-39.46°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ο Arietis (omicron Arietis) star
Simplified finder chart for ο Arietis (omicron Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Main-sequence

-0.08
B9V
10252K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Arietis is distant 482.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

147.93
482.25
-7 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Arietis
(omicron Arietis)
SAO93082
SAO93082

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 74.6°
Max altitude: 53.9°
Azimuth: 285.4°