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25 Cancri

Altitude: -21.4°   Azimuth: 356.7°   Direction: North

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

25 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, 25 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 25 Cancri is -0.192 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.151 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 25 Cancri star
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);

Key facts about 25 Cancri

6.14
Main-sequence

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

Altitude: -21.4°
Azimuth: 356.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 25 Cancri

25 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 25 Cancri are provided in the following table:

08h 25m 49s
+17° 02’ 45”
207.3°
28.32°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 25 Cancri in the sky:

Finder chart 25 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 25 Cancri.

Visibility of 25 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 25 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: 73.0°
Max altitude: 55.6°
Azimuth: 287.0°

Distance of 25 Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

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.

44.96 pc
146.58 ly
38 km/s
-0.192 arcsec/year
-0.151 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 25 Cancri

25 Cancri belongs to spectral class F6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.88
F6V
6827K

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

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

Alternative designations of 25 Cancri

SAO97806
SAO97806