HAMAL (Alpha Arietis). Climbing the eastern sky in northern Autumn, Aries presents a small flat triangle below Andromeda dominated by mid-second-magnitude (2.00) Hamal.
Hamal is Alpha Arietis, that is, the alpha star of Aries. It is therefore sometimes referred to simply as "Arietis."
Description of the Star
Hamal is a cool, orange K2-IIICa-1 giant. with a luminosity about 55 times that of the sun.
Hamal's orientation with relation to the Earth's orbit around the Sun gives it a certain importance not apparent from its modest brightness.
HAMAL (Alpha Ari)
Sharatan (Beta Ari)
Mesarthim (Gamma 2 Ari)
Botein (Delta Ari)
This is one of the 13 constellations of the Zodiac.
Hamal (Alpha Arietis)
Haro galaxy
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Name Alpha Star And Andromeda Andromeda Alpheratz (Sirrah) Ant Antlia Air Pumpe Aps Apus Bird of Paradise Aqr Aquarius Water Carrier Aql Aquila Eagle Altair Ara Ara Altar Ari Aries Ram Hamal Aur Auriga Charioteer Capella Boo Bootes Bear Driver ...
For example, Sefer Raziel HaMalach, an astro-magical text partly based on a magical manual of late antiquity, Sefer ha-Razim, was, according to the kabbalists, transmitted to Adam (after being evicted) by the angel Raziel.
It can be found southeast of Hamal (Alpha Arietis), Sheratan (Beta Arietis), Mesarthim (Gamma Arietis), and spiral galaxy M 74; northeast of Alrescha (Alpha Piscium); and northwest of Lamda, Mu, Xi2, and Nu Ceti, ...
Brightest Stars: Hamal, Sheratan, Mesartim.
Finding Aries: Aries isn't a particularly noticeable constellation. Your best way of finding it is if there are major planets in it that you can work around.
Named stars: Alpha Ari (Hamal/Elnath), Beta Ari (Elscheratain/Scheratan), Gamma Ari (Mesarthim/Mesartun), Delta Ari (Botein)
Info: Aries is one of the 13 zodiacal constellations (that is, the Sun passes through it in the course of the year).
By the morning of the 17th, before sunrise, the pair will be to the northwest, the rotation of the sky bringing the moon almost directly below Jupiter. The star Hamal will be on the opposite side of the moon and just slightly further away.
Of these three stars, Alpha Arietis is called Hamal, from the Arabic for lamb; Beta Arietis is Sheratan, from the Arabic meaning ‘two' of something (possibly two signs or two horns, ...
Eight degrees above Saturn and about 11 degrees to the west lies Sheratan, at magnitude 2.7, and four degrees from that is the brighter of the two stars, Hamal. Hamal lies about 4 degrees from Sheratan.
Main named stars in Aries: (Greek alphabet)
Atik (ο Per), Atlas, Botein (γ Ari), Hamal (α Ari), Mesarthim (γ1 Ari), Sheratan (β Ari).
Adjoining constellations: Cetus, Perseus, Pisces, Taurus, Triangulum.
The brightest star of Aries, [630] alpha Arietis, is also known as El Nath and Hamal, or "the head of the sheep." It is a K-type giant that shines with a reddish colour and has a mass twice that of the Sun.
The brightest star in Aries (Alpha Ari) is Hamal, the second-brightest star (Beta Ari) is Sharatan, the third-brightest star (Gamma 2 Ari) is Mesarthim, and the fourth-brightest is Botein (Delta Ari) ...
Aries represents the golden ram whose fleece Jason and Argonauts sought. The constellation is comprised of only a few stars, with Hamal being the brightest and easiest to locate. Aries can be found west of Taurus and southeast of Pegasus.
 See also: Constellation, Aries, Star, Sky, Sun
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