27 Cancri

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:15 | Tran: 8:18 | Set: 15:21

Alt: -14.16° Az: 312.64° Direction: North-West

27 Cancri is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Cancer.

27 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, 27 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 27 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Cancri during the next 1000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.73 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 28m 05s

Declination +12° 34’ 18”

Hour Angle 08h 52m 11s

Sideral Time 17h 20m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 26m 43s

Declination +12° 39’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 211.95°

Galactic Latitude 26.79°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 27 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.04

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature 3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Cancri is distant 1,051.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 322.58

Distance (light year) 1,051.61

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.104"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71250

SAO Catalogue SAO97819

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41400

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 1912

FK5 Catalogue 2658

General Catalogue of Variable Stars BP Cnc

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.4° RISE 1:15

Max altitude: 51.1° TRANSIT 8:18

Azimuth: 282.6° SET 15:21

Set Location

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