Hamal

Orange giant and brightest star of Aries. It anchors the ram's head near the zodiac track. Its apparent magnitude is about 2.0. Look for it while tracing Aries on a dark night.

Wikipedia

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID
HIP 9884
Distance
20.18 pc · 65.8 ly
Parallax
49.56 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
2.17
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
31.79° · 23.46°