Star profile
80 Ceti
Cool red starWhat is 80 Ceti
80 Ceti is a cool M-class star, deeply red, about 465 light-years away in the outline of the celestial Whale. M stars are the coolest in the stellar catalogue, with mild surfaces and red-dominated light —a rare visual note against the usual white of the field. The light reaching us tonight left in the late sixteenth century, in the age of Tycho Brahe.
Where it is and when to see it
80 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 31° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 41° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 64° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 82° N.
It ranks no. 57 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 29° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 470 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 80 Ceti
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.53
- Distance
- 465.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 39.000° · Dec -7.832°
- Catalogue
- HIP 12107 · HD 16212
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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
- HIP 36075.49
- 67 Ceti5.51
- 47 Ceti5.51
- HIP 149155.55
- HIP 29415.57