25 Cancri

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:11 | Tran: 13:33 | Set: 18:52

Alt: -53.53° Az: 101.94° Direction: East-South-East

25 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Cancer.

25 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, 25 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 25 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Cancri during the next 1000 years (-3.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 27m 16s

Declination +16° 57’ 40”

Hour Angle 14h 29m 47s

Sidereal Time 22h 57m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 25m 49s

Declination +17° 02’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 207.3°

Galactic Latitude 28.32°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.88

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.41

Temperature 6827K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Cancri is distant 146.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 44.96

Distance (light year) 146.58

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.192 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.151"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 25 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71030

SAO Catalogue SAO97806

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41319

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 1842

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Cancri rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 73.0° RISE 8:11

Max altitude: 43.3° TRANSIT 13:33

Azimuth: 287.0° SET 18:52

Name:	South Grafton, Australia
Latitude:	29° 42' 27.4" S
Longitude:	152° 55' 33.6" E
Timezone:	Australia/Sydney

Set Location

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