This entry should be properly spelled as "Alpha Arietis".

Okie kokie, if you sign up you'll be able to move pages yourself... -- 8of5 22:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I can't find any mention in thel isted source of this star being in the Alpha Quadrant.. is there another source that specifies this star is located in the Alpha Quadrant that somebody forgot to cite and add a link to? -- Captain M.K.B. 16:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Both the published Star Charts and the star's real position suggest that it's in Beta Quadrant, not Alpha Quadrant.--Columbia clipper 01:51, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Is it shown in Star Charts or just suggested? If its suggested but not explicit it should be in the "Alpha and Beta" category... -- Captain MKB 12:19, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I somehow switched the names of the quadrants in my head. Alpha Arietis is in Alpha Quadrant. Though Diane Duane's novels describe Hamal (and all of Arietis and Triangulum) as being near the Romulan and Klingon empires, Star Charts depicts those as being primarily in the Beta Quadrant.

Unfortunately, Hamal/Alpha Arietis is a real star, and it is astronomical fact that Aries, Triangulum, Orion, Eridanus (and thus Vulcan), Taurus, and several other constellations (and their Milky Way stars) lie in the area that Star Trek depicts as the Alpha Quadrant. Except by drastically altering the quadrant system (such as by flipping it or by placing Earth well inside the Beta Quadrant), it's not physically possible for Alpha Arietis - or any star in Aries, Triangulum, Orion (including Sirius and Rigel), Eridanus, Taurus, Lepus, etc. to be in any but the Alpha Quadrant.--Columbia clipper 00:59, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

This is exactly why we shouldn't try and figure what quadrant stars "should" be in based on their proximity to something in Star Charts. Also, Duane's Romulans were in the Triangulum constellation, so we shouldn't do too much work reconciling the two sources ... since they won't reconcile, they're in conflict (but Star Charts isn't 100% illuminative either, so we also shouldnt drive ourselves crazy dwelling on it.. picture what Star charts isn't showing, perhaps the empires bend 'over' or 'under' the federation...) -- Captain MKB 01:27, November 5, 2009 (UTC)