ζ Arietis (zeta Arietis)

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:58 | Tran: 10:52 | Set: 18:46

Alt: 45.98° Az: 242.17° Direction: West-South-West

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

ζ Arietis visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ Arietis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of ζ Arietis. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Arietis during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 16m 22s

Declination +21° 08’ 15”

Hour Angle 02h 44m 50s

Sidereal Time 06h 01m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 14m 54s

Declination +21° 02’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 162.38°

Galactic Latitude -30.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Arietis (zeta Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.89

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.20

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Arietis is distant 339.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.28

Distance (light year) 339.94

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.073"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ζ Arietis
(zeta Arietis)

Flamsteed designation 58 Arietis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20150

SAO Catalogue SAO75810

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15110

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 527

FK5 Catalogue 1089

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 68.9° RISE 2:58

Max altitude: 59.7° TRANSIT 10:52

Azimuth: 291.1° SET 18:46

Set Location

Other stars in Aries