63 Ceti

Altitude: -0.1° Azimuth: 267.1° Direction: West

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

63 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its reltive faintness, 63 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 63 Ceti:

Color of 63 Ceti ⬤

Magnitude of 63 Ceti 5.93

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

63 Ceti is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -0.1°
Azimuth: 267.1°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 63 Ceti

63 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 63 Ceti are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 11m 35s

Declination J2000 -01° 49’ 31”

Galactic Longitude 163.52°

Galactic Latitude -58.23°

Constellation Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 63 Ceti in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 63 Ceti.

Visibility of 63 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 63 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: 91.8° RISE 20:32

Max altitude: 36.7° TRANSIT 2:25

Azimuth: 268.2° SET 8:14

Digitized Sky Survey image of 63 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 63 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 63 Ceti is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.031 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 63 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 354.35 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.031 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 63 Ceti

63 Ceti belongs to spectral class G9

Absolute magnitude 0.75

Spectral Type G9

Color Index (B-V) 0.97

Temperature of 63 Ceti 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

Alternative designations of 63 Ceti

Flamsteed designation 63 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13468

SAO Catalogue SAO129739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10234

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 375

FK5 Catalogue 2151

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