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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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ξ Arietis (xi Arietis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:47 | Tran: 11:40 | Set: 18:33
Alt: -27.25°   Az: 349.48°   Direction: North

ξ Arietis is a sub-giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Aries.

ξ Arietis visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, ξ 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 ξ Arietis (xi Arietis) star
DSS2 image of ξ Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Arietis during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 26m 10s
+10° 43’ 27”
11h 21m 57s
13h 48m 07s

J2000

02h 24m 48s
+10° 36’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

157.03°
-45.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Arietis (xi Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.47
Sub-giant

-0.86
B7IV
11573K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Arietis is distant 602.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

184.84
602.59
4 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Arietis
(xi Arietis)
SAO92932
SAO92932

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 79.3°
Max altitude: 49.2°
Azimuth: 280.7°