5 Ceti

Constellation
Pisces

Equatorial coordinates
α = 00 08 12.103
δ = -02 26 51.800

Galactic coordinates
l = 98.3443°
b = -63.2366°

Suspected	1988^Ref
Re-classified	1988^Ref
Type	semi-detached binary^Ref

Identifiers

5 Ceti	IRAS 00056-0243	GSC2.4.2 S00C000063	AAVSO 000-BBB-190
SIMBAD * 5 Cet	Pan-STARRS 105060020502663500	SAO 28602	VSX 26465
GAIA DR3 2448444655110889088	SkyMapper 000812.09-022652.5	WRAY -	GCVS AP Psc
2MASS J00081208-0226518	HIP 664	Hen -	BD -03 3
WISE J000812.11-022651.8	TYC 4663-363-1	ESO -	HD 352

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	-	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	-
Gaposchkin (1957)	-	Kenyon (1986)	-	Akras et al. (2019)	-
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	-

Position

Right ascension (°)	2.0504^Ref	Parallax (mas)	2.768±0.068^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.03±0.0^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	-2.4477^Ref	Distance (kpc)	0.36^Ref ^{, Note}, 0.35^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	98.3443^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	6.58±0.08^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	-63.2366^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-3.72±0.04^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

The potential symbiotic nature of this star is discussed by Eaton & Barden (1988). However, it is more likely a beta Lyrae system—a semi-detached binary with an orbital period of 96.4 days (Batten et al., 1978).

References

Batten, A. H., Fletcher, J. M., Mann, P. J., 1978, PDAO, 15, 121, 1978PDAO...15..121B
Eaton, J. A., Barden, S. C., 1988, AcA, 38, 353, 1988AcA....38..353E