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public  Tandzut, Armenia Tandzut, Armenia  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Yerevan
Sunrise: 5:40 
Transit: 13:08 
Sunset: 20:35
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ζ Arietis (zeta Arietis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:16 | Tran: 9:34 | Set: 16:47
Alt: 70.41°   Az: 163.32°   Direction: South-South-East

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.

Image of ζ Arietis (zeta Arietis) star
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

03h 16m 22s
+21° 08’ 15”
23h 36m 18s
02h 52m 40s

J2000

03h 14m 54s
+21° 02’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

162.38°
-30.62°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Arietis (zeta Arietis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Main-sequence

-0.20
A1V
10252K

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

HR 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.

104.28
339.94
7 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
-0.073"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Arietis
(zeta Arietis)
SAO75810
SAO75810

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ζ Arietis (zeta Arietis) rise, transit and set times from Tandzut, Armenia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Yerevan):

Azimuth: 68.9°
Max altitude: 71.1°
Azimuth: 291.1°