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χ Ceti (chi Ceti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:26 | Tran: 16:30 | Set: 21:34
Alt: -22.15°   Az: 281.16°   Direction: West

χ Ceti is a double giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Cetus.

χ Ceti visual magnitude is 4.67. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Ceti is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of χ Ceti (chi Ceti) star
DSS2 image of χ Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Ceti during the next 1000 years (-2.43 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 50m 49s
-10° 33’ 44”
07h 29m 42s
09h 20m 32s

J2000

01h 49m 35s
-10° 41’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

165.48°
-68.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Ceti (chi Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.67
Giant

2.80
F3III
7276K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.67
6.77
2.1
184 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Ceti is distant 76.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

23.61
76.98
-1 km/s
-0.146 arcsec/y
-0.093"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Ceti
(chi Ceti)
SAO148036
SAO148036
Wo 9061 A

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 100.6°
Max altitude: 28.0°
Azimuth: 259.4°