48 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:34 | Tran: 1:37 | Set: 5:38

Alt: 8.37° Az: 218.77° Direction: South-West

48 Ceti is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cetus.

48 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Ceti during the next 10000 years (9.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 30m 47s

Declination -21° 30’ 07”

Hour Angle 02h 46m 59s

Sideral Time 04h 17m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 29m 36s

Declination -21° 37’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 182.65°

Galactic Latitude -79.72°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 48 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.12

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.96

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.02

Temperature 9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

48 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 48 Ceti double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.12

Secondary star magnitude 12.62

Magnitude difference 7.5

Separation 22 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Ceti is distant 221.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 67.93

Distance (light year) 221.47

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.056 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9132

SAO Catalogue SAO167086

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6960

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 254

FK5 Catalogue 1043

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS1184

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.5° RISE 21:34

Max altitude: 17.0° TRANSIT 1:37

Azimuth: 248.5° SET 5:38

Set Location

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