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38 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:10 | Tran: 16:03 | Set: 21:57
Alt: 30.47°   Az: 219.96°   Direction: South-West

38 Ceti is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cetus.

38 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 38 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 38 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 38 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Ceti during the next 1000 years (-0.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 16m 06s
-00° 50’ 29”
02h 14m 26s
03h 30m 32s

J2000

01h 14m 49s
-00° 58’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

136.01°
-63.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 38 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
Main-sequence

2.49
F5V
6776K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

38 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 38 Ceti double sysyem:

5.7
12
6.3
114.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Ceti is distant 143.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

43.88
143.05
26 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.201"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129196
SAO129196

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.8°
Max altitude: 37.7°
Azimuth: 269.2°