Aries in the Northern Hemisphere?

Question

Hi. Does anyone know on what days of the years the constallation Aries can be seen from the Nortern Hemisphere?

Answer 1

http://www.stellarium.org/

Freeware that will tell you.

Answer 2

Right now it is 9 pm local time where I am (latitude 45 N)

Aries is to the right of the Pleiades (a small cluster of stars just above the face of Taurus, the Bull). The stars are faint, the main ones barely visible in the city's light pollution.

The tail of the ram is near the Pleiades. The head (the few brighter stars mark the horns) is near the northern fish of Pisces (also not that bright). The whole constellation covers almost 15 degrees (but there is not much to see).

The contellations Aries and Pisces are well known because they are on the zodiac, the band of constellations located along the ecliptic (meaning that we can find the planets and the Sun somewhere along this band).

Aries is better known because almost 3000 years ago (when classical greek astronomy was florishing) the March Equinox -- beginning of Spring in the Norther hemisphere -- took place in this constellation.

2000 years ago, this point (Equinox) moved into Pisces and it is just about to move into Aquarius. Still, the point where the Equinox takes place is still called the "First point of Aries" even though it is no longer in Aries.

On the evening of December 19 (2007) the Moon will be near the neck of the ram (just below the mouth around midnight December 19-20).
On December 20, the Moon will be near the tail.
On December 21, around 5 pm Eastern Standard Time (New York time), just as it gets dark, the Moon will be covering the Pleiades.

Answer 3

Right now. It's right under Andromeda, which can be found near the great square of Pegasus. Look in the early evening. It isn't much of a constellation, though. It only has two stars that are easy to see. So good luck. But don't expect to find anything that looks even remotely like a ram.

Answer 4

Aries is pretty much hidden by the Sun from March to June, but is visible he rest of the year. It's well placed in the evening in the autumn.

Answer 5

I think there is a web site called starwatch or skywatch not sure which.