71 Ceti

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:48 | Tran: 11:32 | Set: 17:17

Alt: 25.90° Az: 133.88° Direction: South-East

71 Ceti is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cetus.

71 Ceti visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, 71 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 71 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 71 Ceti during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 26m 15s

Declination -02° 39’ 58”

Hour Angle 21h 18m 06s

Sidereal Time 23h 44m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 24m 58s

Declination -02° 46’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 169.53°

Galactic Latitude -56.93°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.33

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.15

Spectral Type A0III

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 71 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 71 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

71 Ceti is distant 645.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 198.02

Distance (light year) 645.54

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 71 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15004

SAO Catalogue SAO129888

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11261

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 71 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.7° RISE 5:48

Max altitude: 35.9° TRANSIT 11:32

Azimuth: 267.3° SET 17:17

Set Location

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