Aries

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Aries is a prominent zodiac constellation in the northern sky, historically associated with the ram and used in both astronomy and astrology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf asterism
constellation
abbreviation Ari NERFINISHED
areaSquareDegrees 441
associatedMyth story of Phrixus and Helle
associatedMythology Greek mythology
belongsTo zodiac
bestViewingMonth December
borderingConstellation Cetus NERFINISHED
Perseus NERFINISHED
Pisces NERFINISHED
Taurus NERFINISHED
Triangulum NERFINISHED
Trianqulum NERFINISHED
brightestStar Alpha Arietis NERFINISHED
Hamal NERFINISHED
constellationOf northern sky
containsEcliptic yes
declinationRange approximately +10° to +31°
eclipticConstellation true
family zodiac constellation family
genitiveForm Arietis
hasDeepSkyObject NGC 1156 NERFINISHED
NGC 697 NERFINISHED
NGC 772 NERFINISHED
hasIAUBoundariesDefinedBy Eugène Delporte NERFINISHED
hemisphere Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
IAUApprovalYear 1922
IAUConstellation yes
mainStars 4
meteorShower Autumn Arietids NERFINISHED
Daytime Arietids NERFINISHED
Delta Arietids NERFINISHED
Epsilon Arietids NERFINISHED
mythologicalFigure golden ram
quadrant NQ1
rankByArea 39
rightAscensionRange approximately 01h 46m to 03h 29m
secondBrightestStar Beta Arietis NERFINISHED
Sheratan NERFINISHED
starsWithPlanets 6
symbolism ram
thirdBrightestStar Gamma Arietis NERFINISHED
Mesarthim NERFINISHED
usedIn astrology
astronomy
visibleBetweenLatitudes +90 to −60
zodiacSignOrder first

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cetus borderedBy Aries
zodiac of Dendera featuresConstellation Aries
subject surface form: Zodiac of Dendera