28 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:46 | Tran: 17:00 | Set: 1:18

Alt: 61.77° Az: 162.98° Direction: South-South-East

28 Cancri is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cancer.

28 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 30m 07s

Declination +24° 03’ 32”

Hour Angle 23h 25m 07s

Sidereal Time 07h 55m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 28m 36s

Declination +24° 08’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.88°

Galactic Latitude 31.38°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.1

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.50

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.24

Temperature 7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Cancri is distant 271.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 83.26

Distance (light year) 271.44

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.031 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 28 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71496

SAO Catalogue SAO80204

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41574

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 1931

General Catalogue of Variable Stars CX Cnc

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.9° RISE 8:46

Max altitude: 62.6° TRANSIT 17:00

Azimuth: 294.1° SET 1:18

Set Location

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