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Sunset: 17:00
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ρ3 Arietis (rho3 Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:10 | Tran: 17:45 | Set: 1:24
Alt: 20.19°   Az: 85.97°   Direction: East

ρ3 Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Aries.

ρ3 Arietis visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, ρ3 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 ρ3 Arietis (rho3 Arietis) star
DSS2 image of ρ3 Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ3 Arietis during the next 1000 years (4.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 57m 50s
+18° 07’ 23”
18h 39m 34s
21h 37m 25s

J2000

02h 56m 26s
+18° 01’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

160.29°
-35.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ3 Arietis (rho3 Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Main-sequence

2.88
F6V
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ρ3 Arietis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ρ3 Arietis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ3 Arietis is distant 115.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

35.41
115.44
15 km/s
0.276 arcsec/y
-0.213"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ3 Arietis
(rho3 Arietis)
SAO93195
SAO93195

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ3 Arietis (rho3 Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.9°
Max altitude: 56.6°
Azimuth: 288.1°