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public  Bilzen, Belgium Bilzen, Belgium  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Brussels
Sunrise: 5:25 
Transit: 13:39 
Sunset: 21:54
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θ Arietis (theta Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:14 | Tran: 9:58 | Set: 17:42
Alt: 20.52°   Az: 276.84°   Direction: South-West

θ Arietis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Aries.

θ Arietis visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, θ 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 θ Arietis (theta Arietis) star
DSS2 image of θ Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Arietis during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 19m 32s
+20° 01’ 03”
05h 27m 02s
07h 46m 35s

J2000

02h 18m 07s
+19° 54’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

149.27°
-38.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Arietis (theta Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Main-sequence

0.25
A1V
10002K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Arietis is distant 387.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

118.76
387.17
6 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Arietis
(theta Arietis)
SAO92877
SAO92877

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Arietis (theta Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Bilzen, Belgium are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Brussels):

Azimuth: 70.0°
Max altitude: 59.1°
Azimuth: 290.0°