Magnitude 4.85 | Constellation Cetus | |
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56 Ceti is a star located in the constellation Cetus. Not found in the original Bayer catalogue, it was given the Bayer-like designation Upsilon1 Ceti by Flamsteed to distinguish it from Bayer's Upsilon Ceti (which Flamsteed designated Upsilon2 or 59 Ceti). Bode included this designation in his Uranographia, but the superscripted designations Upsilon1 and Upsilon2 are not in general use today. 56 Ceti is also known as HD 11930.
56 Ceti is an K4III Giant star with an effective temperature of 4200 Kelvin. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.85, and an absolute visual magnitude of -0.516. It is located 398 light years from the Sun, and has a mass of 1.2 solar masses.
56 Ceti is located at Right Ascension 01h 46m 40.26s and Declination -22 deg 31 arcmin 36 arcsec.