12-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , 12-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:18 (EST), 33° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:55, 46° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:46, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
12-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h30m02s [4] |
| Declination: | −03°57'26" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 5.73 (V) [2] 7.79 (BT) [2] 5.90 (VT) [2] 5.06 (G) [4] 6.00 (BP) [4] 4.10 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 173.3 parsec 564.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.61 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 15.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 142.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.46 |
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