ζ-Cep (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ζ-Cep is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 03:43, 73° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:50 (EDT), 31° above your north-eastern horizon.
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Name
ζ-Cep
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 22h10m51s [4] |
| Declination: | +58°12'04" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.34 (V) [2] 5.38 (BT) [2] 3.51 (VT) [2] 2.87 (G) [4] 3.86 (BP) [4] 2.29 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 303.3 parsec 988.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.59 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 14.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 68.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -4.07 |
Sources