51 Arietis

51 Arietis is a star in the northern constellation of Aries. 51 Arietis is the Flamsteed designation. It is a dim, yellow-hued star – a challenge to view with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.6. Based upon parallax measurements, the star is located at an estimated distance of 67.3 ly from the Sun. It is receding from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +9.5 km/s, and is a member of the IC 2391 moving group.

This is an ordinary G-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of G8 V. Similar to the Sun, it has 1.04 times the mass and 0.99 times the Sun's radius. It is 1.4 billion years old with a leisurely rotation rate, showing a projected rotational velocity of 4 km/s. The atmospheric metallicity is higher than solar. The star radiates 92% of the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,666 K. This heat gives it the golden-hued glow of a G-type star.