70 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:28 | Tran: 11:22 | Set: 17:16

Alt: -29.64° Az: 313.63° Direction: North-West

70 Ceti is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cetus.

70 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, 70 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 70 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 70 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 23m 30s

Declination -00° 46’ 12”

Hour Angle 09h 24m 03s

Sidereal Time 11h 47m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 22m 12s

Declination -00° 53’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 166.4°

Galactic Latitude -55.9°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.42

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.76

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.31

Temperature 7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 70 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 70 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

70 Ceti is distant 279.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 85.62

Distance (light year) 279.11

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 70 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD14690

SAO Catalogue SAO129858

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11046

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 322

FK5 Catalogue 2160

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 70 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.8° RISE 5:28

Max altitude: 37.7° TRANSIT 11:22

Azimuth: 269.2° SET 17:16

Set Location

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