47 Arietis
star in the Aries constellation
47 Arietis is a single star in the northern constellation of Aries. The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.80. It has an annual parallax shift of 30.62±0.07 mas, which is equivalent to a physical distance of approximately 106.5 light-years (32.66 parsecs) from Earth.
The star is moving further from the Sun with a radial velocity of +26.6 km/s. It has a relatively high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.237 arc seconds per year. The combination of these movements indicate this star is a member of the Hyades supercluster.
Li et al. (2000) categorized this as an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F5 V(e). Previously, Cowley (1976) listed a class of F5 IV, which would indicate it is a subgiant star.
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