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public  Navi Mumbai, India Navi Mumbai, India  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Kolkata
Sunrise: 6:02 
Transit: 12:34 
Sunset: 19:06
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Sheratan - β Arietis (beta Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:09 | Tran: 10:41 | Set: 17:09
Alt: 65.20°   Az: 278.87°   Direction: West

Sheratan, also designated as β Arietis (beta Arietis), is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Aries.

Sheratan visual magnitude is 2.64. Because of its brightness, Sheratan is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of Sheratan - β Arietis (beta Arietis) star
DSS2 image of Sheratan. The red arrow shows the motion of Sheratan during the next 1000 years (1.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 56m 02s
+20° 55’ 54”
01h 45m 21s
03h 41m 24s

J2000

01h 54m 38s
+20° 48’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

142.24°
-39.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Sheratan - β Arietis (beta Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

2.64
Main-sequence

1.33
A5V
8748K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Sheratan is distant 59.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

18.27
59.55
-2 km/s
0.096 arcsec/y
-0.111"/y

Alternative Designations

Sheratan
β Arietis
(beta Arietis)
SAO75012
SAO75012

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Sheratan - β Arietis (beta Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Navi Mumbai, India are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Kolkata):

Azimuth: 69.1°
Max altitude: 88.1°
Azimuth: 290.9°