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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Tau Ceti
Flamsteed Number	52 Ceti
HR (BSC)	509
HD	10700
Other Designations	Gliese 71
Constellation	Cetus
Right Ascension	1h 44m 4s
Declination	-15° 56' 15"
Distance	11.9 light years 3.7 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.49 Absolute: +5.68
Spectral Class	G8Vp yellow dwarf
Planets in this system	Tau Ceti b, unconfirmed exoplanet Tau Ceti c, unconfirmed exoplanet Tau Ceti d, unconfirmed exoplanet Tau Ceti e, Super Earth Tau Ceti f, Super Earth Tau Ceti g, Super Earth Tau Ceti h, Super Earth Tau Ceti i, gas giant (unconfirmed)
Optimum Visibility	October / November
Notes	The nearby star Tau Ceti appears to have a busy planetary system, with perhaps as many as eight members, though the status of these planets is still under investigation. Beyond its family of planets, Tau Ceti has a broad circumstellar disc of dust, extending out to a distance of some fifty Astronomical Units from the star.

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A small yellow star with a distant binary companion. Tau Ceti has a spectrum very close to that of the Earth's own Sun. At a little under twelve light years away, this is the second nearest Sun-like (G-type) star to the Solar System, after Alpha Centauri.

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