| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Right ascension | 01 56 40.20314 |
| Declination | −22° 31′ 36.4091″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.85 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K3III |
| U−B color index | +1.67 |
| B−V color index | +1.434±0.005 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +27.38±0.80 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +59.881 mas/yr Dec.: −25.633 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 7.3878 ± 0.1861 mas |
| Distance | 440 ± 10 ly (135 ± 3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.25 |
| Details | |
| Radius | 39.20+1.15 −2.93 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 391+11 −20 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.85 cgs |
| Temperature | 4,099+163 −59 K |
| Metallicity | −0.18 dex |
| Other designations | |
| 56 Cet, CD−23°721, GC 2343, HD 11930, HIP 9061, HR 565, SAO 167416 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
56 Ceti is a single star located in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. Not found in the original Bayer catalogue, it was given the Bayer-like designation Upsilon Ceti by Flamsteed to distinguish it from Bayer's Upsilon Ceti, which Flamsteed designated Upsilon or 59 Ceti. In 1801, J. E. Bode included this designation in his Uranographia, but the superscripted designations Upsilon and Upsilon are not in general use today. 56 Ceti is the Flamsteed designation for this star.
This star is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.85. It is located about 440 light years from the Sun, based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +27 km/s. 56 Ceti is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3III, having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 39 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 391 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,099 K.
References
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- ^ McWilliam, Andrew (December 1990). "High-resolution spectroscopic survey of 671 GK giants. I - Stellar atmosphere parameters and abundances". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 74: 1075–1128. Bibcode:1990ApJS...74.1075M. doi:10.1086/191527.
- ^ Houk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988). Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Declinations -26°.0 to -12°.0. Vol. 4. Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
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- "56 Cet". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
- See 56 Ceti in Lalande's recension of Flamsteed's catalog: Lalande, Jérôme (1783). Éphémérides des mouvemens célestes. p. 153.
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