28 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:51 | Tran: 8:00 | Set: 13:09

Alt: -14.95° Az: 273.18° Direction: South-West

28 Ceti is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cetus.

28 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Ceti during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 07m 21s

Declination -09° 42’ 12”

Hour Angle 06h 47m 26s

Sidereal Time 07h 54m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 06m 05s

Declination -09° 50’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 134.92°

Galactic Latitude -72.37°

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Finder chart for 28 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.58

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.73

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Ceti is distant 594.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 182.48

Distance (light year) 594.89

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 28 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6530

SAO Catalogue SAO147606

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5164

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 230

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.7° RISE 2:51

Max altitude: 28.8° TRANSIT 8:00

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 13:09

Set Location

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