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75 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:56 | Tran: 16:49 | Set: 22:43
Alt: 37.56°   Az: 177.30°   Direction: South

75 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Cetus.

75 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 75 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 75 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 75 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 33m 26s
-00° 55’ 30”
23h 51m 26s
02h 24m 52s

J2000

02h 32m 09s
-01° 02’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

169.94°
-54.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 75 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Giant

0.79
G3
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

75 Ceti is distant 265.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

81.50
265.69
-5 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129959
SAO129959

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 75 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9°
Max altitude: 37.6°
Azimuth: 269.1°