Star profile
14 Arietis
What is 14 Arietis
14 Arietis is a yellow-white F-type star about 289 light-years away, in the head of the Ram. Its light —hotter and more energetic than the Sun s— set out late in the eighteenth century, when Europe s natural philosophers were mapping the sky with ever sharper telescopes. It now arrives almost on cue, a pale spark in one of the most ancient corners of the zodiac.
Where it is and when to see it
14 Arietis lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 14 Arietis
- Constellation
- Aries
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.98
- Distance
- 288.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 32.356° · Dec 25.940°
- Catalogue
- HIP 10053 · HD 13174
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Other stars in Aries
Aries has 57 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- HamalAlpha Arietis2.01
- SheratanBeta Arietis2.64
- Bharani3.61
- 35 Arietis4.65
- Lambda Arietis4.79
- Zeta Arietis4.87
- Kappa Arietis5.03
- Iota Arietis5.09