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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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ρ2 Arietis (rho2 Arietis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:50 | Tran: 12:27 | Set: 20:03
Alt: -16.53°   Az: 334.47°   Direction: North-North-West

ρ2 Arietis is a variable giant star of spectral class M6 in the constellation of Aries.

ρ2 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, ρ2 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 ρ2 Arietis (rho2 Arietis) star
DSS2 image of ρ2 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ2 Arietis during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 57m 14s
+18° 25’ 58”
10h 16m 44s
13h 13m 58s

J2000

02h 55m 48s
+18° 19’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

159.93°
-35.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ2 Arietis (rho2 Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Giant

0.45
M6III
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ρ2 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ρ2 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ2 Arietis is distant 403.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

123.76
403.47
46 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ2 Arietis
(rho2 Arietis)
SAO93189
SAO93189

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ2 Arietis (rho2 Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.6°
Max altitude: 57.0°
Azimuth: 288.4°