15 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:41 | Tran: 17:40 | Set: 2:42

Alt: 5.41° Az: 312.63° Direction: North-West

15 Cancri is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cancer.

15 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, 15 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 15 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 14m 42s

Declination +29° 34’ 43”

Hour Angle 08h 10m 28s

Sidereal Time 16h 25m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 13m 08s

Declination +29° 39’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 192.58°

Galactic Latitude 29.71°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.64

Class

15 Cancri is also a SiCr chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -1.50

Spectral Type B9

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

15 Cancri is distant 871.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 267.38

Distance (light year) 871.66

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 15 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD68351

SAO Catalogue SAO80016

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP40240

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+30 1664

FK5 Catalogue 2641

General Catalogue of Variable Stars BM Cnc

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 15 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.4° RISE 8:41

Max altitude: 68.1° TRANSIT 17:40

Azimuth: 299.6° SET 2:42

Set Location

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