41 Arietis [SEP] constellation
41 Arietis
41 Arietis (abbreviated 41 Ari) is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Aries. With an apparent visual magnitude of 3.63, this system is readily visible to the naked eye. It has an annual parallax shift of 19.69 mas, which indicates it is at a distance of from the Sun.
The system consists of a binary pair, designated 41 Arietis A, together with a third companion star, 41 Arietis D. (41 Arietis B and C form optical pairs with A, but
are not physically related.) The components of A are themselves designated 41 Arietis Aa (formally named Bharani ) and Ab.
Nomenclature.
"41 Arietis" is the system's Flamsteed designation. It does not possess a Greek-letter Bayer designation, since this system was once part of the now-obsolete constellation Musca Borealis, but is sometimes designated "c Arietis". The designations of the two constituents as "41 Arietis A" and "D", and those of "A's" components -