Star profile

62 Arietis

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 62 Arietis

62 Arietis travels from 884 light-years, in the head of the zodiacal Ram. It is a yellow G-type giant, swollen and luminous, whose light set out in the heart of the European Middle Ages —when no eye on Earth yet had a telescope. Today, any human eye barely adapted to darkness can catch it. An ancient ember that has survived whole centuries through nebulosity and galactic dust.

Where it is and when to see it

62 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. 26 in brightness among the 57 stars of Aries in our catalogue. To find it, start from Hamal, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 880 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 62 Arietis

Constellation: Aries
Apparent magnitude: 5.55
Distance: 884.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 50.550° · Dec 27.608°
Catalogue: HIP 15696 · HD 20825

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Other stars in Aries

Aries has 57 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 57 stars in Aries