38-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 38-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 26° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:53, 46° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:50, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
38-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h14m49s [4] |
| Declination: | −00°58'22" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 5.70 (V) [2] 6.20 (BT) [2] 5.75 (VT) [2] 5.58 (G) [4] 5.81 (BP) [4] 5.20 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 42.5 parsec 138.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.39 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 205.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 356.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.56 |
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