56 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:32 | Tran: 16:25 | Set: 20:19

Alt: -44.84° Az: 67.27° Direction: East-North-East

56 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Cetus.

56 Ceti visual magnitude is 4.85. Because of its moderate brightness, 56 Ceti is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 56 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Ceti during the next 10000 years (10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 57m 50s

Declination -22° 24’ 18”

Hour Angle 15h 00m 05s

Sidereal Time 16h 57m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 56m 40s

Declination -22° 31’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.22°

Galactic Latitude -74.52°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.85

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.59

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.42

Temperature 3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 56 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Ceti is distant 398.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 122.25

Distance (light year) 398.53

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.062 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD11930

SAO Catalogue SAO167416

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9061

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-23 721

FK5 Catalogue 2131

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 56 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.4° RISE 12:32

Max altitude: 16.1° TRANSIT 16:25

Azimuth: 247.6° SET 20:19

Set Location

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