2 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:12 | Tran: 9:39 | Set: 14:06

Alt: -40.43° Az: 63.46° Direction: East-North-East

2 Ceti is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cetus.

2 Ceti visual magnitude is 4.55. Because of its moderate brightness, 2 Ceti is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 2 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Ceti during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 05m 02s

Declination -17° 11’ 41”

Hour Angle 15h 01m 52s

Sidereal Time 15h 06m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 03m 44s

Declination -17° 20’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 72.1°

Galactic Latitude -75.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.55

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.33

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature 10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Ceti is distant 227.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 69.88

Distance (light year) 227.81

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 2 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD225132

SAO Catalogue SAO147059

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP301

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 6417

FK5 Catalogue 905

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.2° RISE 5:12

Max altitude: 21.3° TRANSIT 9:39

Azimuth: 252.8° SET 14:06

Set Location

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