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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 13:04 
Sunset: 21:16
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ζ Caeli (zeta Caeli)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:56 | Tran: 10:50 | Set: 13:43
Alt: 2.25°   Az: 211.55°   Direction: South-South-West

ζ Caeli is a sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Caelum.

ζ Caeli visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, ζ Caeli is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ζ Caeli (zeta Caeli) star
DSS2 image of ζ Caeli. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Caeli during the next 1000 years (0.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.57 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 48m 49s
-29° 58’ 35”
02h 28m 31s
07h 17m 20s

J2000

04h 47m 49s
-30° 01’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

231.01°
-38.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Caeli (zeta Caeli).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Sub-giant

0.38
K1IV
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ζ Caeli is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Caeli is distant 513.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

157.48
513.39
6 km/s
0.039 arcsec/y
0.094"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Caeli
(zeta Caeli)
SAO195300
SAO195300

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 120.0°
Max altitude: 8.5°
Azimuth: 240.0°