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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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δ Ceti (delta Ceti)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:35 | Tran: 11:35 | Set: 17:35
Alt: 8.44°   Az: 100.03°   Direction: East

δ Ceti is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Cetus.

δ Ceti visual magnitude is 4.07. Because of its moderate brightness, δ 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 δ Ceti (delta Ceti) star
DSS2 image of δ Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Ceti during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 40m 47s
+00° 26’ 12”
18h 52m 17s
21h 33m 04s

J2000

02h 39m 29s
+00° 19’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

170.76°
-52.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Ceti (delta Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.07
Sub-giant

-2.42
B2IV
14087K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Ceti is distant 646.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

198.41
646.83
13 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Ceti
(delta Ceti)
SAO110665
SAO110665

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 89.6°
Max altitude: 39.0°
Azimuth: 270.4°