ο Arietis (omicron Arietis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:53 | Tran: 12:12 | Set: 19:30

Alt: -0.58° Az: 296.09° Direction: West-North-West

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

Right Ascension 02h 45m 57s

Declination +15° 25’ 03”

Hour Angle 07h 25m 14s

Sidereal Time 10h 11m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 44m 32s

Declination +15° 18’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 159.22°

Galactic Latitude -39.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Arietis (omicron Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.08

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

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

Distance (parsec) 147.93

Distance (light year) 482.25

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ο Arietis
(omicron Arietis)

Flamsteed designation 37 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17036

SAO Catalogue SAO93082

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12803

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 457

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° RISE 4:53

Max altitude: 53.9° TRANSIT 12:12

Azimuth: 285.4° SET 19:30

Set Location

Other stars in Aries