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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:08
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3 Cancri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:54 | Tran: 13:23 | Set: 20:53
Alt: -18.45°   Az: 22.99°   Direction: North-North-East

3 Cancri is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cancer.

3 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, 3 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.

Image of 3 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 3 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 02m 14s
+17° 14’ 12”
13h 31m 17s
21h 33m 32s

J2000

08h 00m 47s
+17° 18’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

204.5°
22.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 3 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Giant

-1.17
K3
4086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Cancri is distant 721.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

221.24
721.24
41 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO97472
SAO97472

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.8°
Max altitude: 55.8°
Azimuth: 287.2°