69 Ceti
{{Short description|Star in the constellation Cetus}}
{{Starbox begin
| name = 69 Ceti
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{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000
| constell = Cetus
| dec = {{DEC|+00|23|44.4288}}
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{{Starbox character
| variable =
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{{Starbox astrometry
| radial_v = {{Val|+26.99|0.32}}
| parallax = 3.7821
| p_error = 0.2323
}}
{{Starbox detail
| mass =
| temperature = {{Val|3765|392|177|fmt=commas}}
| luminosity = {{Val|1813|126|fmt=commas}}
| gravity =
| metal_fe =
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{{Starbox catalog
| names={{odlist | F=69 Cet | BD=−00°355 | HD=14652 | HIP=11021 | HR=689 | SAO=110495 }}
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{{Starbox reference
| Simbad=69+Cet
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{{Starbox end}}
69 Ceti is a single star located around 860 light years away in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.3. This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1/2III. 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.
References
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{{cite simbad | title=69 Cet | access-date=December 28, 2018 }}
{{Cite Gaia DR2|2501083018375563776}}
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| bibcode=1999MSS...C05....0H }}
| title=UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars
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| journal=Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
| volume=4 | pages=99 | date=1966
| bibcode=1966CoLPL...4...99J }}
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| title=Comparing the CaiiH and K Emission Lines in Red Giant Stars
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| bibcode=2009PASP..121..842R
| doi=10.1086/605456 | arxiv=0907.3346 | s2cid=17821279 }}
}}
{{Stars of Cetus}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:69 Ceti}}
Category:Durchmusterung objects
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