40-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 40-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:36 (EST), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:52, 46° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:43, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
40-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 01h16m59s [3] |
| Declination: | −02°16'47" [3] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 6.54 (V) [1] 7.19 (BT) [1] 6.60 (VT) [1] 6.40 (G) [3] 6.67 (BP) [3] 5.95 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 28.7 parsec 93.6 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.51 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 294.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 118.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 4.25 |
Sources