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Chi
Its story
Chi Ceti is a yellow-white double in the body of the sea-monster, only 77 light-years away. The main component is an F3 subgiant of 1.36 solar masses with a surface at 6,746 K, 17% hotter than the Sun and radiating nearly six times more energy. About seven hundred million years old, it is a star in full maturity, seen from one of the vastest constellations of the autumn sky.
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.66
- Distance
- 75.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 27.396° · Dec -10.686°
- Catalogue
- HIP 8497 · HD 11171
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