20 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 6:47 | Tran: 13:06 | Set: 19:22

Alt: 80.74° Az: 56.16° Direction: North-East

20 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A9 in the constellation of Cancer.

20 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 20 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 24m 49s

Declination +18° 14’ 55”

Hour Angle 23h 27m 38s

Sidereal Time 07h 52m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 23m 21s

Declination +18° 19’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 205.7°

Galactic Latitude 28.25°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.95

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.53

Spectral Type A9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature 8403K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 121.07

Distance (light year) 394.67

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.054 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 20 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD70569

SAO Catalogue SAO97781

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41117

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 1930

FK5 Catalogue 1220

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Aurora, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 71.8° RISE 6:47

Max altitude: 85.0° TRANSIT 13:06

Azimuth: 288.2° SET 19:22

Name:	Aurora, Philippines
Latitude:	13° 13' 55.9" N
Longitude:	121° 7' 12.0" E
Timezone:	Asia/Manila

Set Location

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