10 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:08 | Tran: 9:07 | Set: 15:05

Alt: -36.42° Az: 21.55° Direction: North-North-East

10 Ceti is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cetus.

10 Ceti visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, 10 Ceti is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 10 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 10 Ceti during the next 10000 years (12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 27m 55s

Declination +00° 05’ 26”

Hour Angle 13h 08m 45s

Sidereal Time 13h 36m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 26m 37s

Declination -00° 02’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 109.5°

Galactic Latitude -62.27°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.32

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 10 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 10 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

10 Ceti is distant 485.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 149.03

Distance (light year) 485.84

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.073 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 10 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2273

SAO Catalogue SAO128760

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2100

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 63

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 10 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.9° RISE 3:08

Max altitude: 38.6° TRANSIT 9:07

Azimuth: 270.1° SET 15:05

Set Location

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