20 Cancri
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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.
The table below summarizes the key facts about 20 Cancri:
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:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of 20 Cancri in the sky:
Visibility of 20 Cancri from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
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 [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
Digitized Sky Survey image of 20 Cancri
The image below is a photograph of 20 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 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.
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.
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.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
