Heliocodex

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Aries

85 stars in Aries can be seen by eye from a dark place. 6 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

85 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. HamalEasy to see, 66 light years
  2. SheratanEasy to see, 59 light years
  3. BharaniSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  4. MesarthimSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  5. BoteinSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  6. HIP 15549Seen away from bright lights, 540 light years
  7. Lilii BoreaSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  8. Epsilon ArietisSeen away from bright lights, 330 light years
  9. 35 ArietisSeen away from bright lights, 340 light years
  10. Lambda ArietisSeen away from bright lights, 130 light years
  11. Zeta ArietisSeen away from bright lights, 260 light years
  12. 14 ArietisSeen away from bright lights, 290 light years
  13. Kappa ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  14. Iota ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  15. Tau-2 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  16. 38 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  17. Eta ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 94 light years
  18. Pi ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 780 light years
  19. Tau-1 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  20. 33 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  21. Nu ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  22. 52 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  23. Xi ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 870 light years
  24. 64 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  25. Sigma ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  26. 62 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 880 light years
  27. 21 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  28. Rho-3 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  29. Theta ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  30. HIP 15154Just seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  31. HIP 14439Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  32. 31 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  33. 10 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  34. 15 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  35. 19 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  36. Mu ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  37. 55 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  38. 7 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  39. Rho-2 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  40. 56 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  41. Omicron ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  42. 20 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  43. 47 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  44. 1 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  45. 40 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  46. 4 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  47. HIP 11670Just seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  48. HIP 9307Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  49. HIP 13121Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  50. 49 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  51. 59 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  52. HIP 8588Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  53. HIP 14036Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  54. HIP 10296Just seen from a dark place, 750 light years
  55. HIP 9533Just seen from a dark place, 670 light years
  56. HIP 14764Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  57. 29 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 98 light years
  58. 16 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 770 light years
  59. 11 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 880 light years
  60. HIP 14748Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  61. 66 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  62. 65 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  63. HIP 9295Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  64. HIP 14821Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  65. 53 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 830 light years
  66. 60 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  67. HIP 11415Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  68. 26 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  69. HIP 11578Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  70. 27 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  71. HIP 9627Just seen from a dark place, 890 light years
  72. 54 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 770 light years
  73. HIP 13448Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  74. HIP 12647Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  75. HIP 12744Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  76. HIP 14318Just seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  77. HIP 14232Just seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  78. HIP 15323Just seen from a dark place, 87 light years
  79. 36 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  80. HIP 10050Just seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  81. HIP 14649Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  82. HIP 14719Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  83. HIP 10795Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  84. HIP 16042Just seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  85. 30 ArietisJust seen from a dark place, 140 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.