How to see it
1 Cet has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 1 Cet: right ascension 23h 58m 21s, declination −15° 50′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).
Catalog context
1 Cet. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118178, HD 224481, Gaia DR3 2415940342614743296. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 2415940342614743296
- HIP
- 118178
- HD
- 224481
- gaia_dr3
- 2415940342614743296
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 1 Cet
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.01