6-Cep (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , 6-Cep is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 18:15 (EST), 62° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 06:25, 16° above your northern horizon.
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Name
6-Cep
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h19m22s [4] |
| Declination: | +64°52'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.17 (V) [2] 5.11 (BT) [2] 5.17 (VT) [2] 4.87 (G) [4] 4.92 (BP) [4] 4.76 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 403.4 parsec 1315.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 8.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 42.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.85 |
Sources