33 Ceti

Altitude: -28.0° Azimuth: 318.2° Direction: North-West

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

33 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its reltive faintness, 33 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 33 Ceti:

Color of 33 Ceti ⬤

Magnitude of 33 Ceti 5.95

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

33 Ceti is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -28.0°
Azimuth: 318.2°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 33 Ceti

33 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 33 Ceti are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 01h 10m 33s

Declination J2000 +02° 26’ 44”

Galactic Longitude 132.54°

Galactic Latitude -60.07°

Constellation Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 33 Ceti in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 33 Ceti.

Visibility of 33 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 33 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: 87.6° RISE 3:10

Max altitude: 41.0° TRANSIT 9:20

Azimuth: 272.4° SET 15:30

RIGHT NOW 33 Ceti is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 33 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 33 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 33 Ceti is 0 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 33 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 275.48 pc

Distance (light year) 898.07 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 33 Ceti

33 Ceti belongs to spectral class K4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.25

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.51

Temperature of 33 Ceti 3779K

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

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

Alternative designations of 33 Ceti

Flamsteed designation 33 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD7014

SAO Catalogue SAO109715

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5510

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 221

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 422

In Evidence

Other stars in Cetus