04Aries, The Ram
NAME: Aries (AIR-eez)
SEASON: Autumn
CULMINATION: midnight, 20 October
ABBREVIATION: Ari
GENITIVE: Arietis (AIR-ee-ET-us)
NEIGHBORS: Cet, Per, Psc, Tau, Tri
BINOCULAR OBJECTS: none
URBAN OBJECTS: 5-gamma (STF 180)
Aries is an inconspicuous constellation, but its position west of the Pleiades in Taurus, and south of Triangulum, makes it easy to locate. Aries is a medium-size constellation, ranking 39th of the 88 constellations. It covers 441 square degrees of the celestial sphere, or about 1.1%. Aries is an ancient constellation, well-known to the Greeks and Romans of antiquity.
Because it is located on the ecliptic, Aries is one of the twelve zodiacal constellations. In the time of the ancient Greeks, the Sun lay in Aries at ...
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