The star μ-Cep

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , μ-Cep is visible all night. It will become visible around 19:59 (EDT), 60° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:35, 27° above your north-western horizon.

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Name μ-Cep

Object Type Star

Other Names

HR 8316^[1]
HD 206936
HIP 107259^[3]
TYC 3979-1616-1^[2]
Gaia DR2- 2202630001591176064^[4]

Position

Constellation:	Cepheus
Magnitude: Variable	4.02 (V) ^[2] 6.99 (BT) ^[2] 4.27 (VT) ^[2] 2.33 (G) ^[4] 4.27 (BP) ^[4] 2.04 (RP) ^[4]
B-V Color (mag):	2.32
Right ascension:	21^h43^m30^s ^[4]
Declination:	+58°46'48" ^[4]
Proper motion (speed):	6.5 mas/yr ^[1]
Proper motion (pos ang):	155.2°

Sources

^[1]	Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit et al. 1991)

^[2]	The Tycho-2 Catalogue (Hog et al. 2000)

^[3]	Hipparcos, the new Reduction of the Raw data (van Leeuwen 2007)

^[4]	Gaia DR2 (Gaia Collaboration 2018)

Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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