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26 Ceti

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:16 | Tran: 15:21 | Set: 21:27
Alt: -28.38°   Az: 316.60°   Direction: North-West

26 Ceti is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Cetus.

26 Ceti visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 26 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Ceti during the next 1000 years (2.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.70 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 05m 06s
+01° 30’ 03”
09h 31m 09s
10h 36m 16s

J2000

01h 03m 48s
+01° 22’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

129.39°
-61.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 26 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Main-sequence

2.27
F1V
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

26 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 26 Ceti double sysyem:

6.04
9.44
3.4
16 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Ceti is distant 184.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

56.63
184.60
6 km/s
0.122 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO109643
SAO109643

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.5°
Max altitude: 40.0°
Azimuth: 271.5°