50 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:26 | Tran: 1:08 | Set: 5:47

Alt: -12.24° Az: 99.23° Direction: East

50 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Cetus.

50 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Ceti during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 37m 11s

Declination -15° 16’ 27”

Hour Angle 17h 57m 46s

Sidereal Time 19h 34m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 35m 58s

Declination -15° 24’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 166.61°

Galactic Latitude -74.36°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 50 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.42

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.71

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.21

Temperature 4289K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Ceti is distant 548.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 168.35

Distance (light year) 548.82

Radial Speed 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.023 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 50 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9856

SAO Catalogue SAO147901

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7450

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 270

FK5 Catalogue 2104

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 50 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.3° RISE 20:26

Max altitude: 23.2° TRANSIT 1:08

Azimuth: 254.7° SET 5:47

Set Location

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