21-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 21-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:38 (EST), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:41, 40° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:02, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
21-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h54m17s [4] |
| Declination: | −08°44'27" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 6.17 (V) [2] 7.32 (BT) [2] 6.26 (VT) [2] 5.90 (G) [4] 6.37 (BP) [4] 5.26 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 126.2 parsec 411.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.90 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 51.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 160.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.66 |
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