21-Cet (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , 21-Cet is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:44, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:06, 40° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:49, 39° above your southern horizon.

Name 21-Cet
Object type Star
Other names
21-Cet
21 Ceti
HR 255[1]
HD 5268
HIP 4257[3]
TYC 5270-199-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2474456351444863744[4]
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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