Star profile
75 Ceti
What is 75 Ceti
75 Ceti lies about 266 light-years away within the vast outline of the celestial Whale. It is a G-class star, comparable to the Sun in temperature and colour, though its distance and likely size place it in a different evolutionary phase. The radiation falling on us tonight left around 1760, as Europe was entering the late Enlightenment.
Where it is and when to see it
75 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 37° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 89° N.
It ranks no. 43 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 32° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 75 Ceti
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.36
- Distance
- 265.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 38.039° · Dec -1.035°
- Catalogue
- HIP 11791 · HD 15779
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- 69 Ceti5.29
- HIP 9835.29
- Phi 3 Ceti5.35
- HIP 82305.37
- 25 Ceti5.40