Iota Ceti

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Iota Ceti ( ι Ceti ) is a star in the constellation Whale ( Cetus ). It is also called Deneb Kaitos Shemali ( Arabic ذنب القيطس الشمالي, "Northern tail of the whale"). Iota Ceti belongs to the spectral class K1.5III. It has an apparent magnitude of +3.56 mag and is about 290 light years away.

Coordinates (Equinox 2000.0)

  • Right ascension: 0h19m25.70s
  • Declination: −08 ° 49'26.0 "