26-Cet (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , 26-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 30° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:42, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:45, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name 26-Cet
Object type Star
Other names
26-Cet
26 Ceti
HR 301[1]
HD 6288
HIP 4979[3]
TYC 19-1437-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2538159890494125184[4]
Position
Right ascension:01h03m49s [4]
Declination:+01°22'00" [4]
Constellation:Cetus
Magnitude:6.07 (V) [2]
6.37 (BT) [2]
6.10 (VT) [2]
6.04 (G) [4]
6.16 (BP) [4]
5.81 (RP) [4]
Distance:59.4 parsec
193.5 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.24
Proper motion (speed):129.3 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):108.2°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.20

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