Arabic star names / Hamal

Hamal

الحمل

Hamal comes from the Arabic الحمل (al-Ḥamal), which means “the lamb”. It is the 50th-brightest star in the sky, in Aries.

Brightness

2.01

Colour

orange

Constellation

Aries

Best seen

December evenings

Right ascension

2h 07m

Declination

+23° 28′

The name

The brightest star of Aries, which gave its name to the Arabic month-sign al-Ḥamal.

Where you can see it

It rises everywhere north of 67°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 89° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 62° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 33° above the horizon.