2-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 2-Cet is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:26, when it reaches an altitude of 19° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:20, 31° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:48, 28° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
2-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h03m44s [6] |
| Declination: | −17°20'09" [6] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 4.55 (V) [3] 4.49 (BT) [2] 4.54 (VT) [2] 4.52 (G) [6] 4.51 (BP) [6] 4.52 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 95.2 parsec 310.3 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 26.9 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 109.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.34 |
Sources