Diphda

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Diphda, also known as Beta Ceti, is an orange giant star in the constellation Cetus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Diphda canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf orange giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
age_gyr about 1.5 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beta Ceti ⓘ
Deneb Kaitos ⓘ
β Ceti ⓘ
linked to: Beta Ceti
apparentMagnitudeV 2.04 ⓘ
bayerDesignation β Ceti ⓘ
linked to: Beta Ceti
BDNumber BD−18 132 ⓘ
colorIndexB−V +1.02 ⓘ
constellation Cetus ⓘ
constellationRankInBrightness brightest star in Cetus ⓘ
coreFusion helium-core burning ⓘ
declination −17° 59′ 12″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 96.3 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 29.5 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K 4800 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS ⓘ
evolutionaryStage red clump giant ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 88 Ceti ⓘ
linked to: Beta Ceti
galacticPopulation thin disk star ⓘ
hasExoplanetsDetected no confirmed exoplanets as of 2024 ⓘ
HDNumber HD 4128 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility best seen from the southern and equatorial latitudes ⓘ
HIPNumber HIP 3419 ⓘ
HRNumber HR 188 ⓘ
IAUNameStatus approved traditional name ⓘ
luminosity_solar about 145 ⓘ
mass_solar about 2.8 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH −0.10 ⓘ
parallax_mas 33.68 ⓘ
parallaxError_mas 0.16 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYear −144.19 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYear +232.36 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec +13 ⓘ
radius_solar about 16.8 ⓘ
rankInNightSkyBrightness among the brighter stars in the night sky ⓘ
rightAscension 00h 43m 35s ⓘ
spectralType K0III ⓘ
surfaceGravity_logg 2.5 ⓘ
traditionalNameMeaning the second frog (or tail of the whale) ⓘ
traditionalNameOrigin Arabic ⓘ
variableStarType suspected variable ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.