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clear_day Transit: 12:51  
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75 Ceti

Altitude: -37.8°   Azimuth: 20.3°   Direction: North-North-East

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

75 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its reltive faintness, 75 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 75 Ceti:

5.35
Giant

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

Altitude: -37.8°
Azimuth: 20.3°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 75 Ceti

75 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 75 Ceti are provided in the following table:

02h 32m 09s
-01° 02’ 05”
169.94°
-54.44°
Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 75 Ceti in the sky:

Finder chart 75 Ceti star
Simplified finder chart for 75 Ceti.

Visibility of 75 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 75 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: 91.0°
Max altitude: 37.5°
Azimuth: 269.0°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 75 Ceti

The image below is a photograph of 75 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 75 Ceti is -0.026 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.037 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 75 Ceti from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
265.69 ly
-5 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/year
-0.037 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 75 Ceti

75 Ceti belongs to spectral class G3

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

Alternative designations of 75 Ceti

SAO129959
SAO129959