λ-Cet (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , λ-Cet is visible between 17:50 and 03:24. It will become accessible at around 17:50, when it rises to an altitude of 19° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 22:37, 56° 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
λ-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 02h59m42s [6] |
| Declination: | +08°54'26" [6] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 4.71 (V) [3] 4.57 (BT) [2] 4.69 (VT) [2] 4.66 (G) [6] 4.62 (BP) [6] 4.74 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 136.6 parsec 445.3 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.11 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 18.4 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 152.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.97 |
Sources