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Sharatan also known as Beta Arietis or 6 Arietis is a star in the constellation Aries, it is the second Ram's horn.
Al Sharatan means "the two signs", a reference to the star having marked the vernal equinox together with its binary partner Mesarthim (Gamma Arietis) several thousand years ago.
It has an observed visual magnitude of +2.66. Its MK spectral type is A5V, that is a hot white dwarf (main sequence) star. It is 44 LY from Earth.
