63 Ceti, an orange giant star in Cetus
63 Ceti is an orange giant star in the constellation Cetus. At 387 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94.
63 Ceti (HIP 10234)
63 Ceti is an orange giant star in the constellation Cetus. At 387 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94. The iron abundance of 63 Ceti is -0.09 (81.3% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 37.2 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 24,100 and 31,400 light years from the center of the Galaxy. It came closest to the Sun 2.7 million years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 4.55 from a distance of 204 light years.
Sky position: RA 2h 11.6m, Dec -1° 49.8'
Common designations: 63 Ceti, HIP 10234, HD 13468
Moon Calendar Poster
Outstanding Lunar Images
Galactic Orbit of
63 Ceti
(compared to the
Sun)
E
ccentricity: 13.2% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : 24.0°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 8,503 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 8,429 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 1,118 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 8,356 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 7,385 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 9,621 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for 63 Ceti
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 32.89934000° ±0.42 mas | -11.14 ±0.40 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -1.82534875° ±0.28 mas | -32.95 ±0.29 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 163.51716242° | 10.01 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -58.23380320° | -33.31 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 8.40 ± 0.46 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: K0 III 1999MSS...C05....0H.
Radial Velocity: 31.60 ±2.90 km/s [A rating] 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
-0.09 ±0.06 dex
2007A&A...475.1003H.
Photometry
| band | magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
| U | ||
| B | 6.91 | 1.54 |
| V | 5.94 | 0.57 |
| R | ||
| I | 5.05 | -0.32 |
| J | 4.63 | -0.74 |
| H | 3.91 | -1.47 |
| K | 3.91 | -1.46 |
B-V: +0.97 V-I: +0.89
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 118.62 pc (5.5% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,461 pc
Transverse velocity: 19.6 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | -59.9 pc | 17.7 pc | -100.9 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -2.3 km/s | -5.2 km/s | -36.7 km/s |