Closeup of the star Hamal, Alpha Arietis.
Hamal is the brightest star in the constellation of Aries, the Ram. It is magnitude , with a true brightness about 52 times that of the Sun. It is a K2 giant star, which despite its brightness is slightly cooler than the Sun, which accounts for its orange colour. Its distance is 66 light years.
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