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9 lines
586 B
Markdown
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name: Deneb Kaitos (β Cet)
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constellation: Cet
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created_by: 8mag
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created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
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updated_by: skybber
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updated_date: 2022-01-23 18:15:06.650587
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with a brightness of 2.04mag is the brightest star in the constellation. But when the long period variable star Mira Ceti is at its maximum, it becomes the brightest star in the constellation. Deneb Kaitos is pointed at the conjunction of the stars Alpheratz and Gamma Pegasi from the Pegasus square. It is sometimes confused with the star Fomalhaut, but is magnitude fainter compared to it. It is 96 light years away. |