46 Ceti

Altitude: 13.7° Azimuth: 136.4° Direction: South-East

46 Ceti is a giant star in the constellation of Cetus.

46 Ceti visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, 46 Ceti should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 46 Ceti:

Color of 46 Ceti ⬤

Magnitude of 46 Ceti 4.9

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

46 Ceti is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 13.7°
Azimuth: 136.4°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 46 Ceti

46 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 46 Ceti are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 01h 25m 37s

Declination J2000 -14° 35’ 56”

Galactic Longitude 157.07°

Galactic Latitude -75.16°

Constellation Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 46 Ceti in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 46 Ceti.

Visibility of 46 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 46 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: 104.6° RISE 16:09

Max altitude: 23.9° TRANSIT 20:51

Azimuth: 255.4° SET 1:37

Digitized Sky Survey image of 46 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 46 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 46 Ceti is 0.039 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 46 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Ceti during the next 10000 years (6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 46 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

46 Ceti is distant 288.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 88.42 pc

Distance (light year) 288.24 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.039 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 46 Ceti

46 Ceti belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.17

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature of 46 Ceti 4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 46 Ceti

Flamsteed designation 46 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD8705

SAO Catalogue SAO147803

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6670

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 266

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