κ²-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , κ²-Cet is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:17 (PDT) – 3 hours and 33 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:41.
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Name
κ²-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 03h21m06s [4] |
| Declination: | +03°40'31" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 5.69 (V) [2] 6.90 (BT) [2] 5.79 (VT) [2] 5.44 (G) [4] 5.91 (BP) [4] 4.81 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 113.4 parsec 369.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.95 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 60.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 113.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.41 |
Sources