42-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 42-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:36 (EST), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:54, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:53, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
42-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h19m48s [4] |
| Declination: | −00°30'32" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 6.36 (V) [2] 7.49 (BT) [2] 6.45 (VT) [2] 6.13 (G) [4] 6.40 (BP) [4] 5.42 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 128.6 parsec 419.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.89 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 14.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 145.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.81 |
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