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κ2 Ceti (kappa2 Ceti)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:57 | Tran: 18:13 | Set: 0:34
Alt: 19.30°   Az: 250.84°   Direction: West-South-West

κ2 Ceti is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cetus.

κ2 Ceti visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, κ2 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 κ2 Ceti (kappa2 Ceti) star
DSS2 image of κ2 Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of κ2 Ceti during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 22m 25s
+03° 45’ 52”
04h 13m 13s
07h 35m 39s

J2000

03h 21m 06s
+03° 40’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

178.32°
-42.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ2 Ceti (kappa2 Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Giant

0.94
G8III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where κ2 Ceti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of κ2 Ceti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ2 Ceti is distant 290.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

89.05
290.29
11 km/s
0.051 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

κ2 Ceti
(kappa2 Ceti)
SAO111142
SAO111142

Visibility from Your Location

Today's κ2 Ceti (kappa2 Ceti) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.2°
Max altitude: 42.3°
Azimuth: 273.8°