62 Arietis

62 Arietis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Aries
Right ascension 03h 22m 11.89351s[1]
Declination +27° 36′ 27.1736″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.52[2]
Distance884 ly
(271 pc)
Spectral typeG5 III[3]
Other designations
BD+27 500, HD 20825, HIP 15696, HR 1012, SAO 75892.[4]

62 Arietis (abbreviated 62 Ari) is a star in the northern constellation of Aries. 62 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. It is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.52.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.69 ± 0.49 mas,[1] it is approximately 884 light-years (271 parsecs) distant from the Earth. This is a giant star with a stellar classification of G5 III.[3]

Chinese name

In Chinese astronomy, 62 Arietis is called 天阿, Pinyin: Tiānhé, meaning Celestial River, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Celestial River asterism, Hairy Head mansion (see : Chinese constellation).[5] 天阿 (Tiānhé) is westernized into Teen Ho, but according to another opinion about this asterism, Teen Ho is asterism consisting four stars in Aries.[6]

Another "Tiānhé" (Celestial River) in Tail mansion, is asterism consisting the stars in Ophiuchus[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  2. 1 2 Rybka, E. (1969), "The corrected magnitudes and colours of 278 stars near S.A. 1-139 in the UBV system", Acta Astronomica, 19: 229, Bibcode:1969AcA....19..229R.
  3. 1 2 Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
  4. ↑ "62 Ari -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2012-07-18.
  5. ↑ zh:白羊座
  6. ↑ Richard Hinckley Allen: Star Names — Their Lore and Meaning: Aries
  7. ↑ zh:蛇夫座


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