ι-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ι-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:57, 38° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:45, when it sinks below 16° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
ι-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h19m25s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°49'26" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.55 (V) [2] 5.11 (BT) [2] 3.67 (VT) [2] 3.23 (G) [4] 3.95 (BP) [4] 2.56 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 85.5 parsec 278.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.22 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 39.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 201.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.11 |
Sources