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14 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:50 | Tran: 21:46 | Set: 3:46
Alt: 38.02°   Az: 174.46°   Direction: South

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.

Image of 14 Ceti star
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

00h 36m 49s
-00° 22’ 08”
23h 42m 33s
00h 19m 23s

J2000

00h 35m 32s
-00° 30’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

114.12°
-63.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 14 Ceti star
Simplified finder chart for 14 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Sub-giant

2.20
F5IV
6674K

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

HR 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.

55.65
181.41
6 km/s
0.146 arcsec/y
-0.066"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO128843
SAO128843

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°
Max altitude: 38.2°
Azimuth: 269.6°