Star profile
Kappa Arietis
What is Kappa Arietis
κ Arietis is a white A-type star in the body of the Ram, an ancient zodiacal figure that opens the cycle of signs. Its crisp light —rising from a surface near ten thousand degrees— travels for almost two centuries before reaching our eyes. It shines discreetly in a region of sky where the zodiac moves away from the Milky Way and the firmament grows darker.
Where it is and when to see it
Kappa 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 October: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Kappa Arietis
- Constellation
- Aries
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.03
- Distance
- 181.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 31.641° · Dec 22.648°
- Catalogue
- HIP 9836 · HD 12869
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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
- Lambda Arietis4.79
- Zeta Arietis4.87
- 14 Arietis4.98
- Iota Arietis5.09
- Tau 2 Arietis5.10