η-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , η-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:34 (EST), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:04, 38° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:51, when it sinks below 16° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
η-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h08m35s [4] |
| Declination: | −10°10'58" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 3.45 (V) [2] 4.95 (BT) [2] 3.57 (VT) [2] 3.13 (G) [4] 3.86 (BP) [4] 2.51 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 37.0 parsec 120.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.17 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 256.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 122.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.61 |
Sources