η-Cep (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , η-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 04:32, 60° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:05 (EDT), 16° above your northern horizon.
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Name
η-Cep
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h45m17s [4] |
| Declination: | +61°50'32" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Magnitude: | 3.42 (V) [2] 4.57 (BT) [2] 3.51 (VT) [2] 3.18 (G) [4] 3.79 (BP) [4] 2.61 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 14.4 parsec 46.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.90 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 823.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 6.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.63 |
Sources