υ Ceti (upsilon Ceti)

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:06 | Tran: 16:09 | Set: 20:13

Alt: -59.46° Az: 2.25° Direction: North

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.

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

Right Ascension 02h 01m 11s

Declination -20° 57’ 24”

Hour Angle 12h 04m 53s

Sidereal Time 14h 06m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 00m 00s

Declination -21° 04’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 195.47°

Galactic Latitude -73.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Ceti (upsilon Ceti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.82

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.57

Temperature 3691K

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

Distance (parsec) 92.25

Distance (light year) 300.74

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.135 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ Ceti
(upsilon Ceti)

Flamsteed designation 59 Ceti

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12274

SAO Catalogue SAO167471

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9347

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 358

FK5 Catalogue 71

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 111.0° RISE 12:06

Max altitude: 17.6° TRANSIT 16:09

Azimuth: 249.0° SET 20:13

Set Location

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