47 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:22 | Tran: 3:17 | Set: 8:08

Alt: -43.81° Az: 44.97° Direction: North-East

47 Ceti is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cetus.

47 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, 47 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 47 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Ceti during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 28m 04s

Declination -12° 55’ 44”

Hour Angle 14h 06m 12s

Sideral Time 15h 34m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 26m 51s

Declination -13° 03’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 155.16°

Galactic Latitude -73.67°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 47 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.66

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.86

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.35

Temperature 7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Ceti is distant 118.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 36.30

Distance (light year) 118.33

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 47 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD8829

SAO Catalogue SAO147812

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6748

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 262

FK5 Catalogue 1041

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 512

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.9° RISE 22:22

Max altitude: 25.6° TRANSIT 3:17

Azimuth: 257.1° SET 8:08

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

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