δ-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , δ-Cet is visible between 17:54 and 02:41. It will become accessible at around 17:54, when it rises to an altitude of 18° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:18, 49° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:41 when it sinks below 18° above your western horizon.
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Name
δ-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 02h39m28s [6] |
| Declination: | +00°19'42" [6] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.07 (V) [3] 3.80 (BT) [2] 4.04 (VT) [2] 4.06 (G) [6] 3.92 (BP) [6] 4.24 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 194.9 parsec 635.3 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.21 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 13.4 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 101.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.38 |
Sources