49 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:46 | Tran: 20:23 | Set: 1:04

Alt: -15.46° Az: 264.31° Direction: West

49 Ceti is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Cetus.

49 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, 49 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 49 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Ceti during the next 1000 years (1.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 35m 50s

Declination -15° 32’ 56”

Hour Angle 06h 21m 43s

Sidereal Time 07h 57m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 34m 37s

Declination -15° 40’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 166.32°

Galactic Latitude -74.78°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.63

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.69

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.07

Temperature 9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Ceti is distant 199.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 61.27

Distance (light year) 199.75

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.096 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 49 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9672

SAO Catalogue SAO147886

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7345

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 265

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.5° RISE 15:46

Max altitude: 23.0° TRANSIT 20:23

Azimuth: 254.5° SET 1:04

Set Location

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