Star profile
268 G. Cet
Nearby starWhat is 268 G. Cet
268 G. Cet is a near neighbour at only 23.4 light-years: an orange K-class dwarf, cooler and longer-lived than the Sun. She belongs to Cetus, a constellation so vast that for centuries it served as the symbolic sea in which mythical Andromeda was shipwrecked. Despite her visual modesty, stars like this are the darlings of those who seek temperate planets, because their gentle light allows life without smothering it.
Where it is and when to see it
268 G. Cet lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 268 G. Cet
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.79
- Distance
- 23.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 39.020° · Dec 6.887°
- Catalogue
- HIP 12114 · HD 16160
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Other stars in Cetus
Cetus has 111 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- DiphdaBeta Ceti2.04
- MenkarAlpha Ceti2.54
- Eta Ceti3.46
- HIP 11915.77
- HIP 3435.78
- HIP 87785.78
- HIP 124445.79
- HIP 121485.81