36 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:34 | Tran: 8:20 | Set: 15:07

Alt: 46.52° Az: 200.45° Direction: South-South-West

36 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Cancer.

36 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, 36 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 38m 26s

Declination +09° 34’ 04”

Hour Angle 00h 56m 27s

Sideral Time 09h 34m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 37m 05s

Declination +09° 39’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 216.22°

Galactic Latitude 27.83°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 36 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.88

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.13

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.09

Temperature 9125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 141.44

Distance (light year) 461.10

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD73143

SAO Catalogue SAO116953

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42265

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 1837

FK5 Catalogue 2675

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 80.4° RISE 1:34

Max altitude: 48.1° TRANSIT 8:20

Azimuth: 279.6° SET 15:07

Set Location

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