64 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:44 | Tran: 3:30 | Set: 10:12

Alt: 21.68° Az: 256.20° Direction: West-South-West

64 Ceti is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Cetus.

64 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Ceti during the next 1000 years (-2.32 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 12m 39s

Declination +08° 41’ 06”

Hour Angle 04h 23m 37s

Sideral Time 06h 36m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 11m 21s

Declination +08° 34’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 154.2°

Galactic Latitude -49.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 64 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.63

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.49

Spectral Type G0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.56

Temperature 6129K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Ceti is distant 138.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 42.52

Distance (light year) 138.61

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.139 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.112"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 64 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13421

SAO Catalogue SAO110390

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10212

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 347

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.3° RISE 20:44

Max altitude: 47.2° TRANSIT 3:30

Azimuth: 278.7° SET 10:12

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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