Sheratan (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Sheratan is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:05, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:46, 76° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:21, 74° above your south-western horizon.

Name Sheratan
Object type Star
Other names
Sheratan
β-Ari
Beta Arietis
6-Ari
6 Arietis
HR 553[1]
HD 11636
NSV 658
HIP 8903[5]
TYC 1212-1935-1[4]
Position
Right ascension:01h54m38s [3]
Declination:+20°48'29" [3]
Constellation:Aries
Magnitude:
Variable
2.66 (V) [3]
2.86 (BT) [2]
2.68 (VT) [2]
Distance:18.0 parsec
58.6 lightyrs [5]
B-V Color (mag):0.16
Proper motion (speed):148.1 mas/yr[5]
Proper motion (pos ang):138.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.39

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