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ρ Ceti (rho Ceti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:55 | Tran: 16:51 | Set: 21:46
Alt: -19.93°   Az: 275.47°   Direction: West

ρ Ceti is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cetus.

ρ Ceti visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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 ρ Ceti (rho Ceti) star
DSS2 image of ρ Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Ceti during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 27m 09s
-12° 10’ 42”
07h 07m 10s
09h 34m 20s

J2000

02h 25m 57s
-12° 17’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

183.75°
-63.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Ceti (rho Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Main-sequence

-1.16
B9V
10516K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Ceti is distant 528.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

162.07
528.36
10 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Ceti
(rho Ceti)
SAO148385
SAO148385

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 102.2°
Max altitude: 26.3°
Azimuth: 257.8°