34 Cancri

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:24 | Tran: 23:12 | Set: 6:05

Alt: -0.91° Az: 287.36° Direction: West-North-West

34 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cancer.

34 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, 34 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 34 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Cancri during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 34m 01s

Declination +09° 58’ 45”

Hour Angle 06h 57m 13s

Sidereal Time 15h 31m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 32m 39s

Declination +10° 03’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 215.27°

Galactic Latitude 27.02°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.36

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

34 Cancri is distant 540.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 165.84

Distance (light year) 540.63

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 34 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72359

SAO Catalogue SAO97902

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41904

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 1818

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 34 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.0° RISE 16:24

Max altitude: 48.5° TRANSIT 23:12

Azimuth: 280.0° SET 6:05

Set Location

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