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70 Ceti

Altitude: -39.3°   Azimuth: 5.4°   Direction: North

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

70 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its reltive faintness, 70 Ceti should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 70 Ceti:

5.42
Hypergiant

70 Ceti is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -39.3°
Azimuth: 5.4°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 70 Ceti

70 Ceti is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 70 Ceti are provided in the following table:

02h 22m 12s
-00° 53’ 06”
166.4°
-55.9°
Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 70 Ceti in the sky:

Finder chart 70 Ceti star
Simplified finder chart for 70 Ceti.

Visibility of 70 Ceti from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 90.9°
Max altitude: 37.6°
Azimuth: 269.1°
70 Ceti is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 70 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 70 Ceti from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 70 Ceti is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.048 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 70 Ceti star
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);

Distance of 70 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

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.

85.62 pc
279.11 ly
20 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/year
-0.048 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 70 Ceti

70 Ceti belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.76
F0V
7399K

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

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

Alternative designations of 70 Ceti

SAO129858
SAO129858