63 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:03 | Tran: 16:52 | Set: 22:42

Alt: 14.77° Az: 247.63° Direction: West-South-West

63 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cetus.

63 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, 63 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 63 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 12m 52s

Declination -01° 42’ 29”

Hour Angle 04h 13m 49s

Sidereal Time 06h 26m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 11m 35s

Declination -01° 49’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 163.52°

Galactic Latitude -58.23°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.75

Spectral Type G9

Color Index (B-V) 0.97

Temperature 4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

63 Ceti is distant 354.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 108.70

Distance (light year) 354.35

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 63 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13468

SAO Catalogue SAO129739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10234

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 375

FK5 Catalogue 2151

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 63 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.7° RISE 11:03

Max altitude: 36.8° TRANSIT 16:52

Azimuth: 268.3° SET 22:42

Set Location

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