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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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84 Ceti

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:05 | Tran: 12:00 | Set: 17:56
Alt: 30.66°   Az: 139.81°   Direction: South-East

84 Ceti is a variable and double sub-giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Cetus.

84 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, 84 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 84 Ceti star
DSS2 image of 84 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of 84 Ceti during the next 1000 years (3.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 42m 31s
-00° 35’ 18”
21h 45m 07s
00h 27m 38s

J2000

02h 41m 13s
-00° 41’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

172.42°
-52.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 84 Ceti.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Sub-giant

4.04
F7IV
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 84 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 84 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

84 Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 84 Ceti double sysyem:

5.71
9.31
3.6
4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

84 Ceti is distant 70.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

21.63
70.50
8 km/s
0.214 arcsec/y
-0.136"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130055
SAO130055

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 84 Ceti rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.6°
Max altitude: 37.9°
Azimuth: 269.4°