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12 Cancri

12 Cancri is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cancer.

12 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its reltive faintness, 12 Cancri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 12 Cancri:

6.27
Main-sequence
12 Cancri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 12 Cancri

12 Cancri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 12 Cancri are provided in the following table:

08h 08m 42s
+13° 38’ 26”
208.98°
23.18°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 12 Cancri in the sky:

Finder chart 12 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 12 Cancri.

Visibility of 12 Cancri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 12 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.4°
Max altitude: 52.2°
Azimuth: 283.6°
12 Cancri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 12 Cancri

The image below is a photograph of 12 Cancri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 12 Cancri is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 12 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 12 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 12 Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

12 Cancri is distant 278.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

85.32 pc
278.16 ly
-10 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/year
-0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 12 Cancri

12 Cancri belongs to spectral class F3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.61
F3V
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 12 Cancri

SAO97594
SAO97594