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9 Ceti
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Star 9 Ceti

Yellow star 9 Ceti is located 70 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class G2.5V, that has 109 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
70 light years

9 Ceti

Yellow star, BY Draconis variable
Spectral class: G2.5V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 0h 22m 52.227s
Declination iconDeclination: -12° 12' 32.996'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 46.874
Distance iconSun distance: 69.581 ly | 21.3 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 109 % M Sun | 1142 M Jupiter
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Size: 105 % R Sun | 10.4 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 5761 K | 1 T Sun
time iconAge: 0.85 billions years | 0.18 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 1.095 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 6.4
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 4.7
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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
More about 9 Ceti
Nearby star 9 Ceti is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is is approximately 5 % bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 5761 K (5488 °C), which is about 100 % of Sun's temperature.
      a BY Draconis variable. Stars from this category exhibit periodic variations in their luminosity. The variability is caused by a rotation which shows and hides starspots on the surface. 9 Ceti can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia. 
9 Ceti is a BY Draconis variable. Stars from this category exhibit periodic variations in their luminosity. The variability is caused by a rotation which shows and hides starspots on the surface.
Other designations of this star
9 Cet, BE Cet, BD−13°60, GJ 9012, Gliese 9012, HD 1835, HIP 1803, HR 88, SAO 147237, Gaia EDR3 2423493369021649920
External sources
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Simbad database (* 9 Cet)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2423493369021649920)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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