Baten-Kaitos (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , Baten-Kaitos is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:29 (PDT) – 3 hours and 12 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:30.

Name Baten-Kaitos
Object type Star
Other names
Baten Kaitos
ζ-Cet
Zeta Ceti
55-Cet
55 Ceti
HR 539[1]
HD 11353
NSV 638
HIP 8645[3]
TYC 5278-2437-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:01h51m27s [2]
Declination:−10°20'06" [2]
Constellation:Cetus
Magnitude:
Variable
3.73 (V) [2]
5.19 (BT) [2]
3.85 (VT) [2]
Distance:72.0 parsec
234.9 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):1.14
Proper motion (speed):55.2 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):132.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.56

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