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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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π Ceti (pi Ceti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:24 | Tran: 12:11 | Set: 16:58
Alt: -8.97°   Az: 259.16°   Direction: West

π Ceti is a main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Cetus.

π Ceti visual magnitude is 4.25. Because of its moderate brightness, π 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 π Ceti (pi Ceti) star
DSS2 image of π Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of π Ceti during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 45m 19s
-13° 45’ 08”
05h 48m 37s
08h 33m 57s

J2000

02h 44m 07s
-13° 51’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

191.81°
-60.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Ceti (pi Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.25
Main-sequence

-1.40
B7V
12293K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Ceti is distant 440.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

135.14
440.54
15 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

π Ceti
(pi Ceti)
SAO148575
SAO148575

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 103.8°
Max altitude: 24.8°
Azimuth: 256.2°