14 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:15 | Tran: 10:11 | Set: 16:07

Alt: 8.53° Az: 101.46° Direction: East-South-East

14 Ceti is a sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cetus.

14 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, 14 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 14 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Ceti during the next 1000 years (2.43 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 36m 50s

Declination -00° 21’ 58”

Hour Angle 18h 56m 59s

Sidereal Time 19h 33m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 35m 32s

Declination -00° 30’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 114.12°

Galactic Latitude -63.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 14 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.20

Spectral Type F5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.44

Temperature 6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

14 Ceti is distant 181.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 55.65

Distance (light year) 181.41

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.146 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.066"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 14 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD3229

SAO Catalogue SAO128843

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2787

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 68

FK5 Catalogue 2036

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 14 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.4° RISE 4:15

Max altitude: 38.2° TRANSIT 10:11

Azimuth: 269.6° SET 16:07

Set Location

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