28-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 28-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:36 (EST), 23° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:41, 39° 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
28-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h06m05s [4] |
| Declination: | −09°50'21" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 5.56 (V) [2] 5.57 (BT) [2] 5.57 (VT) [2] 5.57 (G) [4] 5.57 (BP) [4] 5.55 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 164.0 parsec 534.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.01 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 31.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 78.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.51 |
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