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20 Cancri

Altitude: -19.3°   Azimuth: 347.0°   Direction: North-North-West

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

20 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its reltive faintness, 20 Cancri should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 20 Cancri is -0.054 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 20 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 20 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 20 Cancri

5.95
Main-sequence

20 Cancri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -19.3°
Azimuth: 347.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 20 Cancri

20 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 20 Cancri are provided in the following table:

08h 23m 21s
+18° 19’ 55”
205.7°
28.25°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 20 Cancri in the sky:

Finder chart 20 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 20 Cancri.

Visibility of 20 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 20 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: 71.7°
Max altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 288.3°

Distance of 20 Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

20 Cancri is distant 394.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

121.07 pc
394.67 ly
36 km/s
-0.054 arcsec/year
-0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 20 Cancri

20 Cancri belongs to spectral class A9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.53
A9V
8403K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 20 Cancri

SAO97781
SAO97781