30 Ceti

Altitude: 8.5° Azimuth: 117.6° Direction: East-South-East

30 Ceti is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Cetus.

30 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its reltive faintness, 30 Ceti should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 30 Ceti:

Color of 30 Ceti ⬤

Magnitude of 30 Ceti 5.82

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

30 Ceti is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 8.5°
Azimuth: 117.6°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 30 Ceti

30 Ceti is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 30 Ceti are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 01h 07m 46s

Declination J2000 -09° 47’ 08”

Galactic Longitude 136.22°

Galactic Latitude -72.24°

Constellation Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 30 Ceti in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 30 Ceti.

Visibility of 30 Ceti from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 30 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.8° RISE 15:29

Max altitude: 28.7° TRANSIT 20:37

Azimuth: 260.2° SET 1:50

Digitized Sky Survey image of 30 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 30 Ceti from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 30 Ceti is 0.152 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 30 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 30 Ceti during the next 1000 years (2.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.28 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 30 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

30 Ceti is distant 155.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 47.69 pc

Distance (light year) 155.46 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.152 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 30 Ceti

30 Ceti belongs to spectral class F7 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.43

Spectral Type F7IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.43

Temperature of 30 Ceti 6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 30 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 30 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 30 Ceti

Flamsteed designation 30 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6706

SAO Catalogue SAO147622

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5296

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 238

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