Baten-Kaitos (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Baten-Kaitos is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:35 (EST), 26° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:19, 38° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:02, when it sinks below 17° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Baten-Kaitos
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Object type
Star
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Other names
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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