Aries (The Ram)

It is located in the northern hemisphere between the zodiacal constellations of Pisces and Taurus. The Sun crosses this constellation from late April to early May. The ecliptic crosses Aries by the lower part of the constellation, near the constellation of Cetus. This is a small constellation of about 400 square degrees.
It limits to the north with Andromeda and Triangulum; to the east with Pisces; to thw south with Cetus and to the west with Taurus. It is located about 40° latitude south of Milky Way’s equator and, therefore, in a poor area of ​​the sky of stars, star clusters and globular clusters, and somewhat richer in galaxies.

The star most shining of Aries, a arietis of second magnitude has like name to Hamal or head of the sheep, is a giant star that stands out more within the celestial desert of the zone, seems to be that many temples of the antiquity were oriented towards her, specially the dedicated ones to Zeus & his Athenian divine daughter.

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Gamma Arietis is a well-known binary of similar stars: 4.8, 4.8; PA 360º, separation 7.8".

Lambda Arietis is a wide binary: 4.9, 7.7; PA 46º, separation 37.4".

Epsilon Arietis is a closer binary of nearly equal stars: 5.2, 5.5; PA 203º, separation 1.4".

30 Ari is a fixed binary with wide component: 6.6, 7.4; PA 274º and separation 38.6".

33 Ari is also fixed, with a faint component: 5.5, 8.4; PA 360º, separation 28.6".

Sky Objects: NGC 772: Striped galaxy of the Sb type, spiral that is observed of profile, brilliant of magnitude 10.