48-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 48-Cet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:47 (PST), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:49, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:46, when it sinks below 20° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
48-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h29m36s [6] |
| Declination: | −21°37'45" [6] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 5.11 (V) [3] 5.14 (BT) [2] 5.11 (VT) [2] 5.11 (G) [6] 5.10 (BP) [6] 5.05 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 72.0 parsec 234.6 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 56.6 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 85.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.82 |
Sources