69 Ceti

69 Ceti is a single^[8] star located around 860^[1] light years away in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.3.^[2] This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1/2III.^[4] It is radiating 1,813 times the Sun's luminosity from an enlarged photosphere, 100 times the Sun's radius, at an effective temperature of 3,765 K.^[1]

69 Ceti

Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	02h 21m 56.62838s[1]
Declination	+00° 23′ 44.4288″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.287[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	AGB[3]
Spectral type	M1/2III[4]
U−B color index	+1.85[5]
B−V color index	+1.65[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+26.99±0.32[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −12.393[1] mas/yr Dec.: −8.059[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	3.7821±0.2323 mas[1]
Distance	860 ± 50 ly (260 ± 20 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−2.73[6]
Details
Radius	100+10 −18[1] R☉
Luminosity	1,813±126[1] L☉
Temperature	3,765+392 −177[1] K
Other designations
69 Cet, BD−00°355, HD 14652, HIP 11021, HR 689, SAO 110495[7]
Database references
SIMBAD	data