27 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:30 | Tran: 9:38 | Set: 14:46

Alt: -32.87° Az: 299.02° Direction: West-North-West

27 Ceti is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

27 Ceti visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 06m 53s

Declination -09° 50’ 36”

Hour Angle 08h 47m 13s

Sidereal Time 09h 54m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 05m 36s

Declination -09° 58’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 134.63°

Galactic Latitude -72.53°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.24

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Ceti is distant 308.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 94.52

Distance (light year) 308.13

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6482

SAO Catalogue SAO147601

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5121

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 229

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.8° RISE 4:30

Max altitude: 28.7° TRANSIT 9:38

Azimuth: 260.2° SET 14:46

Set Location

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