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Sunset: 19:10
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63 Ceti

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:37 | Tran: 3:30 | Set: 9:20
Alt: -13.66°   Az: 75.16°   Direction: East-North-East

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.

Image of 63 Ceti star
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

02h 12m 51s
-01° 42’ 35”
16h 40m 00s
18h 52m 51s

J2000

02h 11m 35s
-01° 49’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

163.52°
-58.23°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 63 Ceti star
Simplified finder chart for 63 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

0.75
G9
4816K

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

HR 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.

108.70
354.35
32 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129739
SAO129739

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°
Max altitude: 36.8°
Azimuth: 268.3°