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Its story

40 Arietis is an orange K-type star in the Ram, around 462 light-years away from Earth. Its warm light comes from a surface noticeably cooler than the Sun's and filters through a small constellation that in classical antiquity hosted the spring equinox itself. That equinoctial point has since drifted into Pisces, yet Aries still keeps its prestige as the first sign of the entire zodiac.