Star profile

64 Ceti

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 64 Ceti

64 Ceti peers from the back of the celestial sea-monster at 133 light-years. A G-type star, sister to the Sun in chemistry and temperature. Its light crossed the void in the span that separates the first locomotives from the first space stations. Magnitude 5.64 — visible only when the night is truly black and the eye has settled into its dark.

Where it is and when to see it

64 Ceti lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 47° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 58° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 48° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 81° S.

It ranks no. 72 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 34° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 64 Ceti

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 5.64
Distance: 132.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 32.838° · Dec 8.570°
Catalogue: HIP 10212 · HD 13421

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Other stars in Cetus

Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 111 stars in Cetus