3 Cancri

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:21 | Tran: 14:50 | Set: 22:19

Alt: -9.01° Az: 312.92° Direction: South-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 08h 02m 14s

Declination +17° 14’ 12”

Hour Angle 08h 43m 04s

Sidereal Time 16h 45m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 00m 47s

Declination +17° 18’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 204.5°

Galactic Latitude 22.88°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.55

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.17

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.32

Temperature 4086K

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

Distance (parsec) 221.24

Distance (light year) 721.24

Radial Speed 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 3 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65759

SAO Catalogue SAO97472

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39177

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 1731

FK5 Catalogue 2618

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° RISE 7:21

Max altitude: 55.8° TRANSIT 14:50

Azimuth: 287.2° SET 22:19

Set Location

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