60 Arietis is a star in the northern constellation of Aries. 60 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.14,[2] making it a challenge to view with the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 9.57±0.05 mas, this star is located 341 light-years (105 parsecs) away from the Sun. It is receding from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +24 km/s.[1]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Aries |
Right ascension | 03h 20m 25.56824s[1] |
Declination | +25° 39′ 45.9220″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.142[2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | giant |
Spectral type | K3 III[3] |
B−V color index | 1.253[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +23.85±0.14[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +12.102[1] mas/yr Dec.: −83.013[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.5718 ± 0.0488 mas[1] |
Distance | 341 ± 2 ly (104.5 ± 0.5 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.34[4] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.36[2] M☉ |
Radius | 11.05+0.40 −0.45[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 49.34±0.35[1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.4[5] cgs |
Temperature | 4,449±34[2] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.8[5] km/s |
Age | 5.31[2] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
This object is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III,[3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 11[1] times the Sun's radius. It is 5.3[2] billion years old with 1.36[2] times the mass of the Sun. The star shines with 49[1] times the Sun's luminosity; this energy is being radiated from the photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,449 K,[2] giving it the orange-hued glow of a K-type star.