Constellations
Aries (Ari)
The Ram
Also known as ram.
6 looks for Aries
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Aries
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Ram
- IAU abbreviation
- Ari
- Its stars are named
- Arietis (as in "Alpha Arietis")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in December
- Centre
- Right ascension 2h 11m, declination +22° 49′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- Hamal, magnitude 2.00
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Hamal (α Ari)mag 2.00
- Sheratan (β Ari)mag 2.64
- Bharani (c Ari)mag 3.63
- Mesarthim (γ1 Ari)mag 4.04
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation