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public  Zhugang, Cina Zhugang, Cina  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 11:59 
Sunset: 18:54
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υ Ceti (upsilon Ceti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:52 | Tran: 7:03 | Set: 12:18
Alt: -5.09°   Az: 248.93°   Direction: West-South-West

υ Ceti is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Cetus.

υ Ceti visual magnitude is 4. Because of its moderate brightness, υ 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 υ Ceti (upsilon Ceti) star
DSS2 image of υ Ceti. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Ceti during the next 1000 years (2.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 01m 12s
-20° 57’ 17”
05h 37m 42s
07h 38m 54s

J2000

02h 00m 00s
-21° 04’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

195.47°
-73.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Ceti (upsilon Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4
Hypergiant

-0.82
M0III
3691K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Ceti is distant 300.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

92.25
300.74
18 km/s
0.135 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Ceti
(upsilon Ceti)
SAO167471
SAO167471

Visibility from Your Location

Today's υ Ceti (upsilon Ceti) rise, transit and set times from Zhugang, Cina are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 111.0°
Max altitude: 40.9°
Azimuth: 249.0°