6 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:21 | Tran: 8:59 | Set: 13:37

Alt: 13.72° Az: 138.05° Direction: South-East

6 Ceti is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Cetus.

6 Ceti visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, 6 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 6 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Ceti during the next 1000 years (-1.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 12m 33s

Declination -15° 19’ 36”

Hour Angle 21h 10m 41s

Sidereal Time 21h 23m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 11m 15s

Declination -15° 28’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 82.24°

Galactic Latitude -75.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 6 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.89

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.51

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature 6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Ceti is distant 61.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 18.89

Distance (light year) 61.58

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.077 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.268"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD693

SAO Catalogue SAO147133

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP910

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-16 17

Gliese Catalogue Gl 10

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 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 4:21

Max altitude: 23.2° TRANSIT 8:59

Azimuth: 254.7° SET 13:37

Set Location

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