39 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:45 | Tran: 17:31 | Set: 1:21

Alt: 46.17° Az: 121.26° Direction: East-South-East

39 Cancri is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Cancer.

39 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, 39 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 39 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 39 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 41m 33s

Declination +19° 54’ 59”

Hour Angle 21h 23m 54s

Sidereal Time 06h 05m 28s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 40m 06s

Declination +20° 00’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 205.51°

Galactic Latitude 32.54°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.39

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.11

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 39 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 39 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

39 Cancri is distant 587.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 180.18

Distance (light year) 587.39

Radial Speed 35 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 39 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD73665

SAO Catalogue SAO80333

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42516

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 2158

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4179

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 39 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.1° RISE 9:45

Max altitude: 58.4° TRANSIT 17:31

Azimuth: 289.9° SET 1:21

Set Location

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