Aries Ari
Aries is one of the 88 constellations, covering 440 square degrees of the sky (39th largest). It is highest at midnight in October and best in the evening sky in November and December.
3 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Ari |
|---|---|
| Size | 440 square degrees (39th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 2h 39m, +20° |
| Highest at midnight | October (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: November and December) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 90° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 60°. |
| Pages here | 3 objects |
Planetary systems
1Stars
2Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 772 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.3 | 4.6′ |
| NGC 821 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.8 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 972 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 1156 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 3′ |
| NGC 691 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 877 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 680 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 1.7′ |
| NGC 674 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 3.8′ |
| NGC 678 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.2 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 677 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.8′ |
| NGC 1024 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 2.9′ |
| NGC 1056 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.4 | 1.9′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits