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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.

Image of 30 Ceti star
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

01h 09m 02s
-09° 39’ 01”
16h 59m 02s
18h 08m 04s

J2000

01h 07m 46s
-09° 47’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

136.22°
-72.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 30 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.82
Sub-giant

2.43
F7IV
6724K

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

HR 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.

47.69
155.46
22 km/s
0.152 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO147622
SAO147622

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°
Max altitude: 28.9°
Azimuth: 260.3°