1 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:28 | Tran: 16:48 | Set: 0:08

Alt: 24.79° Az: 264.21° Direction: West

1 Cancri is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cancer.

1 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, 1 Cancri is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 1 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 1 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 58m 25s

Declination +15° 43’ 14”

Hour Angle 04h 39m 06s

Sidereal Time 12h 37m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 56m 59s

Declination +15° 47’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 205.62°

Galactic Latitude 21.45°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.78

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.02

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.28

Temperature 4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 1 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 1 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

1 Cancri is distant 461.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 141.64

Distance (light year) 461.76

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 1 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64960

SAO Catalogue SAO97399

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38848

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 1590

FK5 Catalogue 1208

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 1 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.3° RISE 9:28

Max altitude: 54.2° TRANSIT 16:48

Azimuth: 285.7° SET 0:08

Set Location

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