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60 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:56 | Tran: 16:56 | Set: 22:55
Alt: 36.97°   Az: 159.56°   Direction: South-South-East

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.

Image of 60 Ceti star
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

02h 04m 28s
+00° 14’ 53”
22h 55m 11s
00h 59m 40s

J2000

02h 03m 11s
+00° 07’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

158.18°
-57.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 60 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.43
Giant

0.70
A5III
8571K

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

HR 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.

88.42
288.24
13 km/s
0.079 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129655
SAO129655

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°
Max altitude: 38.8°
Azimuth: 270.2°