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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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μ Ceti (mu Ceti)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:54 | Tran: 11:45 | Set: 18:35
Alt: 44.44°   Az: 146.41°   Direction: South-South-East

μ Ceti is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cetus.

μ Ceti visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Ceti (mu Ceti) star
DSS2 image of μ Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Ceti during the next 1000 years (4.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 46m 18s
+10° 13’ 12”
22h 25m 20s
01h 11m 38s

J2000

02h 44m 56s
+10° 06’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

163.25°
-43.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Ceti (mu Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.27
Hypergiant

2.21
F0IV
7399K

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

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

Star System Properties

μ 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 μ Ceti double sysyem:

4.27
5.67
1.4
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Ceti is distant 84.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

25.83
84.22
30 km/s
0.284 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Ceti
(mu Ceti)
SAO110723
SAO110723

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 79.8°
Max altitude: 48.7°
Azimuth: 280.2°