Star · Orange · Aries

Hamal

13 Ari · HIP 9884

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 02:07 · south · 62°

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Where is Hamal?

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Look south, about 62° up at 02:07 in Aries.

From London tonight, Hamal is above the horizon all night. It’s highest after dark at 02:07, in the south at 62°.

At magnitude 2.0 it is one of the brighter points in the sky, easy to see by eye when it’s clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Hamal looks orange to the eye. Its spectral type is K0III: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

A orange point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Hamal is a star in Aries, shining at magnitude 2.0. Its spectral type, K0III, marks it as: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

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