67 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:10 | Tran: 11:36 | Set: 17:03

Alt: 31.36° Az: 193.57° Direction: South-South-West

67 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cetus.

67 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, 67 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 67 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 67 Ceti during the next 1000 years (1.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 18m 14s

Declination -06° 18’ 20”

Hour Angle 00h 46m 30s

Sidereal Time 03h 04m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 16m 59s

Declination -06° 25’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 171.27°

Galactic Latitude -60.99°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.51

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.42

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 67 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 67 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

67 Ceti is distant 340.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.38

Distance (light year) 340.29

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.093 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.108"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 67 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD14129

SAO Catalogue SAO129798

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10642

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 393

FK5 Catalogue 80

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 67 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.3° RISE 6:10

Max altitude: 32.2° TRANSIT 11:36

Azimuth: 263.7° SET 17:03

Set Location

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