61 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:01 | Tran: 8:58 | Set: 14:55

Alt: -2.93° Az: 273.33° Direction: South-West

61 Ceti is a variable and multiple bright giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Cetus.

61 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, 61 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 61 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 61 Ceti during the next 10000 years (13.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 05m 06s

Declination -00° 13’ 07”

Hour Angle 06h 17m 42s

Sidereal Time 08h 22m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 03m 48s

Declination -00° 20’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 158.88°

Galactic Latitude -58.07°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.91

Spectral Type G5II

Color Index (B-V) 0.88

Temperature 5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 61 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 61 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

61 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 61 Ceti double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.93

Secondary star magnitude 9.73

Magnitude difference 3.8

Separation 42.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

61 Ceti is distant 329.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 101.11

Distance (light year) 329.63

Radial Speed 24 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.079 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 61 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12641

SAO Catalogue SAO129667

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9631

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 285

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 711

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS1634

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 61 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.2° RISE 3:01

Max altitude: 38.3° TRANSIT 8:58

Azimuth: 269.8° SET 14:55

Set Location

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