AE-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , AE-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:35 (EST), 27° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:42, 29° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 21:27, when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
AE-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h14m38s [4] |
| Declination: | −18°55'59" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.45 (V) [2] 6.59 (BT) [2] 4.63 (VT) [2] 3.62 (G) [4] 4.71 (BP) [4] 2.68 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 141.2 parsec 460.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.67 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 78.1 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 199.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.30 |
Sources