60 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:08 | Tran: 2:11 | Set: 8:10

Alt: 21.43° Az: 240.95° Direction: West-South-West

60 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cetus.

60 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Ceti during the next 10000 years (13.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 04m 27s

Declination +00° 14’ 47”

Hour Angle 03h 37m 51s

Sideral Time 05h 42m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 03m 11s

Declination +00° 07’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 158.18°

Galactic Latitude -57.75°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 60 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.43

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type A5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.15

Temperature 8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Ceti is distant 288.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 88.42

Distance (light year) 288.24

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.079 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12573

SAO Catalogue SAO129655

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9589

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 307

FK5 Catalogue 2142

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.8° RISE 20:08

Max altitude: 38.8° TRANSIT 2:11

Azimuth: 270.2° SET 8:10

Set Location

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