80 Ceti

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:05 | Tran: 11:24 | Set: 16:43

Alt: -24.05° Az: 71.07° Direction: East-North-East

80 Ceti is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Cetus.

80 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 80 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 80 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 80 Ceti during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 37m 15s

Declination -07° 43’ 19”

Hour Angle 16h 02m 38s

Sidereal Time 18h 39m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 36m 00s

Declination -07° 49’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 179.86°

Galactic Latitude -58.61°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.53

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.47

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.59

Temperature 3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 80 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 80 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

80 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 80 Ceti double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.53

Secondary star magnitude 9.13

Magnitude difference 3.6

Separation 146.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

80 Ceti is distant 516.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 158.48

Distance (light year) 516.64

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.059"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 80 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16212

SAO Catalogue SAO130004

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12107

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 489

FK5 Catalogue 1074

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 80 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 97.7° RISE 6:05

Max altitude: 30.8° TRANSIT 11:24

Azimuth: 262.3° SET 16:43

Set Location

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