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Sunset: 17:18
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69 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:31 | Tran: 16:31 | Set: 22:32
Alt: 34.88°   Az: 210.88°   Direction: South-South-West

69 Ceti is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Cetus.

69 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.28. Because of its faintness, 69 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 69 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 69 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 23m 14s
+00° 30’ 34”
01h 39m 37s
04h 02m 51s

J2000

02h 21m 56s
+00° 23’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

164.95°
-54.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 69 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.28
Giant

-2.74
M2III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Ceti is distant 1,309.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

401.61
1,309.24
23 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO110495
SAO110495

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.5°
Max altitude: 39.0°
Azimuth: 270.5°