η-Cep (Star)

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From Ashburn , η-Cep is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 06:10, 48° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:23 (EDT), 12° above your northern horizon.

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Name η-Cep
Object type Star
Other names
η-Cep
Eta Cephei
3-Cep
3 Cephei
HR 7957[1]
HD 198149
HIP 102422[3]
TYC 4246-1967-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2195115561168483712[4]
Position
Right ascension:20h45m17s [4]
Declination:+61°50'32" [4]
Constellation:Cepheus
Magnitude:3.42 (V) [2]
4.57 (BT) [2]
3.51 (VT) [2]
3.18 (G) [4]
3.79 (BP) [4]
2.61 (RP) [4]
Distance:14.4 parsec
46.8 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.90
Proper motion (speed):823.0 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):6.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):2.63
Visibility from Ashburn

All times shown in Ashburn local time.

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39.04°N
77.49°W
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