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33 Ceti

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:01 | Tran: 15:12 | Set: 21:23
Alt: -26.93°   Az: 44.02°   Direction: North-East

33 Ceti is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Cetus.

33 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 33 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Ceti during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 11m 51s
+02° 34’ 43”
14h 33m 18s
15h 45m 10s

J2000

01h 10m 33s
+02° 26’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

132.54°
-60.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 33 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

-1.25
K4III
3779K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Ceti is distant 898.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

275.48
898.07
-3 km/s
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO109715
SAO109715

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.4°
Max altitude: 41.1°
Azimuth: 272.6°