44 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:02 | Tran: 10:20 | Set: 15:38

Alt: 29.26° Az: 162.95° Direction: South-South-East

44 Ceti is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cetus.

44 Ceti visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Ceti during the next 1000 years (2.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 25m 18s

Declination -07° 52’ 32”

Hour Angle 23h 00m 08s

Sidereal Time 00h 25m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 24m 02s

Declination -08° 00’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 146.42°

Galactic Latitude -69.38°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.07

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.23

Temperature 7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

44 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 44 Ceti double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.21

Secondary star magnitude 10.91

Magnitude difference 4.7

Separation 84.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Ceti is distant 219.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 67.43

Distance (light year) 219.82

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.174 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 44 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD8511

SAO Catalogue SAO129275

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6539

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 243

General Catalogue of Variable Stars AV Cet

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.9° RISE 5:02

Max altitude: 30.6° TRANSIT 10:20

Azimuth: 262.1° SET 15:38

Set Location

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