AY-Cet (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , AY-Cet is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:09 (PDT) – 3 hours and 29 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:26.
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Name
AY-Cet
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h16m36s [4] |
| Declination: | −02°30'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 5.44 (V) [2] 6.53 (BT) [2] 5.53 (VT) [2] 5.28 (G) [4] 5.77 (BP) [4] 4.62 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 74.8 parsec 244.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.85 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 118.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 237.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.17 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.