Star profile

25 Ceti

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is 25 Ceti

25 Ceti is another of the orange giants populating the body of the sea monster, a K-type star about 333 light-years away. Its light left around 1693, when an earthquake was devastating Sicily and rewriting the baroque cities of the eastern part of the island. Three and a half centuries later, that warm glow reaches our telescopes as a slow echo of a time we now know only through archives.

Where it is and when to see it

25 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 34° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 44° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 61° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 85° N.

It ranks no. 45 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 14° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 330 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 25 Ceti

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 5.40
Distance: 333.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 15.761° · Dec -4.837°
Catalogue: HIP 4914 · HD 6203

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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