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SHERATAN (Beta Arietis). The most prominent part of Aries, the Ram, historically the "first" constellation of the Zodiac (as it held the Vernal Equinox in ancient times), ...
ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Pisces -- northeast of Algenib (Gamma Pegasi), southeast of Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae), southwest of Delta Andromedae and Mirach (Beta Andromedae), west of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) and Sheratan (Beta Arietis), ...
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.
[631] beta Arietis, is also called Sheratan, or "the two signs," referring to the star once having marked the vernal equinox together with [638]-[640] gamma Arietis. It is a white main sequence star lying about 60 light-years away from Earth.
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.
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, ...
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.
 See also: Earth, Constellation, Aries, Solar, Sun
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