57 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:47 | Tran: 1:56 | Set: 6:01

Alt: -7.02° Az: 245.34° Direction: West-South-West

57 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Cetus.

57 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its faintness, 57 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 57 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Ceti during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 00m 55s

Declination -20° 42’ 18”

Hour Angle 04h 58m 32s

Sideral Time 06h 59m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 59m 46s

Declination -20° 49’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 194.6°

Galactic Latitude -73.19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 57 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.41

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.15

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.65

Temperature 3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Ceti is distant 668.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 204.92

Distance (light year) 668.03

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 57 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12255

SAO Catalogue SAO167466

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9326

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 356

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.7° RISE 21:47

Max altitude: 17.8° TRANSIT 1:56

Azimuth: 249.3° SET 6:01

Set Location

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