BE-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , BE-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:26 (EST), 25° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:53, 35° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:50, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
BE-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h22m52s [4] |
| Declination: | −12°12'32" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.39 (V) [2] 7.19 (BT) [2] 6.46 (VT) [2] 6.24 (G) [4] 6.56 (BP) [4] 5.74 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 21.3 parsec 69.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.62 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 399.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 81.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 4.74 |
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