29 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:53 | Tran: 8:08 | Set: 15:19

Alt: 18.62° Az: 269.45° Direction: West

29 Cancri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cancer.

29 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 29 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 29 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 30m 00s

Declination +14° 07’ 37”

Hour Angle 05h 10m 56s

Sideral Time 13h 40m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 28m 37s

Declination +14° 12’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 210.56°

Galactic Latitude 27.83°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 29 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.95

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.08

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

29 Cancri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 29 Cancri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.95

Secondary star magnitude 6.45

Magnitude difference 0.5

Separation 0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Cancri is distant 307.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 94.34

Distance (light year) 307.55

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD71555

SAO Catalogue SAO97843

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41578

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 1899

FK5 Catalogue 1222

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.9° RISE 0:53

Max altitude: 52.6° TRANSIT 8:08

Azimuth: 284.1° SET 15:19

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer