| absmag_v = 3.53[3]
}}{{Starbox detail
| source = [11]
| mass = {{Val|1.12|0.08|0.04}}
| radius =
| luminosity = 3.34[3]
| temperature = {{Val|6289|81|fmt=commas}}
| metal_fe = {{Val|−0.33|0.06}}
| rotational_velocity = 4.88[13]
| gravity = {{Val|4.17|0.12}}
| age_gyr = {{Val|4.2|0.8|0.9}}
}}{{Starbox catalog
| names = {{odlist | F=6 Cet | BD=-16° 17 | FK5= | GJ=10 | HD=693 | HIP=910 | HR=33 | SAO=147133 | GC= }}[1]
}}{{Starbox reference
| Simbad=6+Cet
}}{{Starbox end}}6 Ceti is a single[15] star in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 4.89.[3] The annual parallax shift as measured from Earth's orbit is 53.34 mas, which yields a distance estimate of 61.1 light years. The star is moving further from the Sun with a constant radial velocity of +16.70 km/s.[6] It is one of the IAU's standard velocity stars.[18]Gray et al. (2006) assigned this star a stellar classification of {{nowrap|F8 V Fe−0.8 CH−0.5}},[4] indicating it is an F-type main-sequence star with an underabundance of iron and the CH molecule in its stellar atmosphere. It is about 4.2 billion years old with 1.12[11] times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 4.88 km/s.[13] The star is radiating 3.34[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of about 6,289 K.[11]
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