Star profile

66 Ceti

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 66 Ceti

66 Ceti is a yellow-white F-type star 130 light-years away, in vast Cetus, the cetacean constellation of the autumn sky. Its surface, slightly warmer than the Sun's, gives it a tempered white glow. Its light set out in the late nineteenth century —just as the Yerkes refractor was being inaugurated— and reaches us now after a silent 130-year crossing through the void.

Where it is and when to see it

66 Ceti lies in the southern 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 36° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 47° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 58° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 88° N.

It ranks no. 73 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 27° 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 66 Ceti

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 5.65
Distance: 129.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 33.198° · Dec -2.394°
Catalogue: HIP 10305 · HD 13612

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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