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36 Cancri

Altitude: -24.6°   Azimuth: 29.2°   Direction: North-North-East

36 Cancri is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cancer.

36 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its reltive faintness, 36 Cancri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 36 Cancri:

5.88
Main-sequence

36 Cancri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -24.6°
Azimuth: 29.2°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 36 Cancri

36 Cancri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 36 Cancri are provided in the following table:

08h 37m 05s
+09° 39’ 20”
216.22°
27.83°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 36 Cancri in the sky:

Finder chart 36 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 36 Cancri.

Visibility of 36 Cancri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 36 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.3°
Max altitude: 48.2°
Azimuth: 279.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 36 Cancri

The image below is a photograph of 36 Cancri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 36 Cancri is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 36 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 36 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 36 Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

36 Cancri is distant 461.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

141.44 pc
461.10 ly
17 km/s
-0.029 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 36 Cancri

36 Cancri belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.13
A3V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 36 Cancri

SAO116953
SAO116953