W-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , W-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:26 (EST), 26° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:28, 32° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:09, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
W-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 00h02m07s [3] |
| Declination: | −14°40'33" [3] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 10.76 (V) [2] 12.11 (BT) [2] 10.88 (VT) [2] 8.95 (G) [3] 12.37 (BP) [3] 7.08 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 1.1 kpc 3.5 klyr [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 9.6 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 137.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.59 |
Sources