32 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:15 | Tran: 2:33 | Set: 7:46

Alt: 26.50° Az: 205.85° Direction: South-South-West

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

32 Ceti visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, 32 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 32 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 32 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 11m 26s

Declination -08° 46’ 30”

Hour Angle 01h 33m 00s

Sideral Time 02h 44m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 10m 11s

Declination -08° 54’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 137.48°

Galactic Latitude -71.25°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 32 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.16

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 32 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 32 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

32 Ceti is distant 364.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 111.86

Distance (light year) 364.65

Radial Speed -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 32 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6976

SAO Catalogue SAO129154

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5485

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 227

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 32 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.8° RISE 21:15

Max altitude: 29.7° TRANSIT 2:33

Azimuth: 261.2° SET 7:46

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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