Star profile
14 Ceti
What is 14 Ceti
14 Ceti carries a singular distinction: it is the only known star between classes F0 and F7 with a magnetic field detected through the Zeeman effect, measured in 2009 at roughly -30 G. Evolutionary models suggest it is most likely the descendant of a cool Ap star, now entering the «Hertzsprung gap» —the region where a star has burned its core hydrogen but has not yet ignited shell fusion. It lies about 178 light-years away, within the silhouette of Cetus the Whale.
Where it is and when to see it
14 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 14 Ceti
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.94
- Distance
- 177.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 8.887° · Dec -0.506°
- Catalogue
- HIP 2787 · HD 3229
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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
- 34 Ceti5.93
- HIP 6365.93
- 63 Ceti5.94
- 61 Ceti5.96
- HIP 136795.97