Star profile

6 Ceti

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 6 Ceti

6 Ceti is a yellow-white F8 sun in Cetus, just 61 light-years away from us. It carries 12 percent more mass than our own Sun and is about 4.2 billion years old —slightly younger, almost a cosmic sibling born in another corner of the same galactic neighbourhood. To watch it from a truly dark sky is to catch light that began its journey toward Earth during the early years of the Cold War.

Where it is and when to see it

6 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 September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 23° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 34° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 72° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 75° N.

It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 111 stars of Cetus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Diphda, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 61 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 6 Ceti

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 4.89
Distance: 61.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 2.816° · Dec -15.468°
Catalogue: HIP 910 · HD 693

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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