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66 Ceti

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:35 | Tran: 16:22 | Set: 22:09
Alt: -40.44°   Az: 9.36°   Direction: North

66 Ceti is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Cetus.

66 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, 66 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 66 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 66 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Ceti during the next 1000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 14m 04s
-02° 16’ 36”
12h 28m 27s
14h 42m 31s

J2000

02h 12m 47s
-02° 23’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

164.6°
-58.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 66 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.54
Main-sequence

2.22
F8V
6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

66 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 66 Ceti double sysyem:

5.54
7.64
2.1
16.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Ceti is distant 150.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

46.06
150.16
-3 km/s
0.37 arcsec/y
-0.069"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129752
SAO129752
Gl 87.1A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 66 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.3°
Max altitude: 36.2°
Azimuth: 267.7°