κ-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , κ-Cet is visible between 18:31 and 03:24. It will become accessible at around 18:31, when it rises to an altitude of 19° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:57, 52° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:24 when it sinks below 19° above your western horizon.
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Name
κ-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 03h19m21s [4] |
| Declination: | +03°22'14" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.85 (V) [2] 5.67 (BT) [2] 4.92 (VT) [2] 4.66 (G) [4] 5.01 (BP) [4] 4.15 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 9.3 parsec 30.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.64 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 285.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 70.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 5.01 |
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