60 Ceti

Altitude: 2.6° Azimuth: 93.1° Direction: East

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

60 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its reltive faintness, 60 Ceti should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 60 Ceti:

Color of 60 Ceti ⬤

Magnitude of 60 Ceti 5.43

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

60 Ceti is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 2.6°
Azimuth: 93.1°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 60 Ceti

60 Ceti is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 60 Ceti are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 03m 11s

Declination J2000 +00° 07’ 41”

Galactic Longitude 158.18°

Galactic Latitude -57.75°

Constellation Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 60 Ceti in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 60 Ceti.

Visibility of 60 Ceti from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 89.9° RISE 15:34

Max altitude: 38.6° TRANSIT 21:33

Azimuth: 270.1° SET 3:35

Digitized Sky Survey image of 60 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 60 Ceti from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 60 Ceti is 0.079 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 60 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 288.24 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.079 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 60 Ceti

60 Ceti belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type A5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.15

Temperature of 60 Ceti 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

Alternative designations of 60 Ceti

Flamsteed designation 60 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12573

SAO Catalogue SAO129655

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9589

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 307

FK5 Catalogue 2142

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