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Star · F8V

29 Ari

29 Ari is a main-sequence star of spectral type F8V in the constellation Aries, 95.5 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesGJ 3161 · HIP 11843
ConstellationAries
Distance95.5 light-years (29.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.00
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 3.67
Spectral typeF8V
Surface temperature6,080 K
Luminosity3.02 L☉
Radius1.57 R☉
Mass1.32 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)2h 32m 54.1s
Declination (J2000)+15° 02′ 04″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)11.8 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.00). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 75° S. North of latitude 75° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in October, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1930. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 1.7 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 29 Ari, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.16, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Libra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 13342 10.6 light-years
  • HIP 13601 12.0 light-years
  • GJ 3160 12.2 light-years
  • μ Cet 12.6 light-years
  • HIP 11862 13.1 light-years
  • η Ari 13.4 light-years
  • HIP 10810 14.4 light-years
  • HIP 11152 14.7 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.