Star profile
52 Arietis
Hot blue starWhat is 52 Arietis
52 Arietis is a blue B-class sun within the Ram, a constellation whose zodiacal role is historic even if it now holds few prominent stars. Its surface reaches temperatures far above the Sun’s, making it shine with a cool, bluish-white tone despite lying more than five hundred light-years away. That light set out during the European Renaissance, long before its spectral class could even be defined.
Where it is and when to see it
52 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 64° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 31° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 65° S.
It ranks no. 22 in brightness among the 57 stars of Aries in our catalogue. To find it, start from Hamal, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 540 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 52 Arietis
- Constellation
- Aries
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.45
- Distance
- 539.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 46.361° · Dec 25.255°
- Catalogue
- HIP 14376 · HD 19134
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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
- Tau 1 Arietis5.27
- 33 Arietis5.30
- Nu Arietis5.45
- Xi Arietis5.48
- 64 Arietis5.50