63 Ceti is a star in the constellation of Cetus, located just over a degree south of the celestial equator.
With an apparent magnitude of about 5.9,[2] the star is barely visible to the naked eye (see Bortle scale) as a dim, orange-hued point of light.
Parallax estimates put it at a distance of about 390 light years (129 parsecs) away from the Earth,[1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 28 km/s.
[8] 63 Ceti fits this description, with a radius about 11 times larger than the Sun, a mass of about 1.85 times the Sun, and an effective temperature of 4940 K.[4] 63 Ceti is a red clump giant, indicating it is currently at the horizontal branch, a stage in stellar evolution, and is generating energy through core helium fusion.
It is close to a billion years old[6] and is radiating 64 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,940 K.[4]