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47 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:16 | Tran: 16:08 | Set: 20:59
Alt: 4.81°   Az: 117.78°   Direction: East-South-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.

Image of 47 Ceti star
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

01h 28m 05s
-12° 55’ 36”
19h 40m 57s
21h 09m 03s

J2000

01h 26m 51s
-13° 03’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

155.16°
-73.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 47 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.66
Hypergiant

2.86
F0III
7158K

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

HR 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.

36.30
118.33
10 km/s
0.016 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO147812
SAO147812

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°
Max altitude: 25.6°
Azimuth: 257.1°