30 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:10 | Tran: 10:19 | Set: 15:28

Alt: -17.01° Az: 84.10° Direction: East

30 Ceti is a sub-giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Cetus.

30 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its faintness, 30 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 09m 02s

Declination -09° 39’ 01”

Hour Angle 16h 59m 02s

Sidereal Time 18h 08m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 07m 46s

Declination -09° 47’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 136.22°

Galactic Latitude -72.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.82

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.43

Spectral Type F7IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.43

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 155.46

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.152 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 30 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6706

SAO Catalogue SAO147622

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5296

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 238

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 30 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 5:10

Max altitude: 28.9° TRANSIT 10:19

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 15:28

In Evidence

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Other stars in Cetus

30 Ceti

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J2000

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Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Alternative Designations

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