Star profile

64 Arietis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 64 Arietis

64 Arietis is an orange K-type star 208 light-years away, toward the eastern end of the Ram, already brushing the feet of Taurus. Cooler and quieter than the Sun, its light left around 1818, while Europe was still redrawing borders after the Napoleonic Wars. Aries is a tiny constellation for so famous a name —three bright stars and a great deal of modest sky around them, where this giant slips by almost unnoticed.

Where it is and when to see it

64 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 63° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 74° 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. 24 in brightness among the 57 stars of Aries in our catalogue. To find it, start from Hamal, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 210 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 64 Arietis

Constellation: Aries
Apparent magnitude: 5.50
Distance: 208.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 51.077° · Dec 24.724°
Catalogue: HIP 15861 · HD 21017

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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