Its story
28 Cet has a visual magnitude of about 5.57: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 28 Cet: right ascension 1h 6m 5s, declination −9° 50′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).
28 Cet. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5164, HD 6530, Gaia DR3 2473215552572857984. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 5164
- Right ascension
- 1h 06m 05s
- Declination
- −9° 50′ 22″
- Magnitude
- 5.57
- Distance
- ≈ 535 ly
Data: gaia-dr3