3-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 3-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:38 (EST), 29° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:51, 38° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:17, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
3-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h04m30s [4] |
| Declination: | −10°30'34" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.95 (V) [2] 7.07 (BT) [2] 5.12 (VT) [2] 4.39 (G) [4] 5.22 (BP) [4] 3.52 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 607.6 parsec 1980.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.65 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 13.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 206.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.97 |
Sources