Star profile
35 Arietis
Hot blue starWhat is 35 Arietis
35 Arietis burns with the frank blue of B-type stars, its surface temperature soaring well past ten thousand degrees. Set within the celestial ram at 343 light-years, its initial photons departed while Newton was still publishing his Principia. At magnitude 4.65 it appears as a cool spark to the eye, though it boils at its source.
Where it is and when to see it
35 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.
It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 57 stars of Aries in our catalogue. To find it, start from Hamal, the brightest: it lies about 9° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 35 Arietis
- Constellation
- Aries
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.65
- Distance
- 343.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 40.863° · Dec 27.707°
- Catalogue
- HIP 12719 · HD 16908
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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
- HIP 155494.47
- Lilii Borea4.52
- Epsilon Arietis4.63
- Lambda Arietis4.79
- Zeta Arietis4.87