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ε Ceti (epsilon Ceti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:53 | Tran: 11:51 | Set: 16:49
Alt: -46.40°   Az: 327.61°   Direction: North-North-West

ε Ceti is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cetus.

ε Ceti visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Ceti (epsilon Ceti) star
DSS2 image of ε Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Ceti during the next 1000 years (2.43 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 40m 47s
-11° 45’ 50”
10h 31m 19s
13h 12m 07s

J2000

02h 39m 33s
-11° 52’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

187.19°
-60.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Ceti (epsilon Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.84
Main-sequence

2.68
F5V
6625K

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

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

Star System Properties

ε Ceti is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ε Ceti double sysyem:

4.84
5.04
0.2
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Ceti is distant 88.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

27.03
88.13
15 km/s
0.146 arcsec/y
-0.236"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Ceti
(epsilon Ceti)
SAO148528
SAO148528
Gl 105.4A

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 101.8°
Max altitude: 26.8°
Azimuth: 258.2°