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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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39 Cancri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:26 | Tran: 17:11 | Set: 1:01
Alt: 49.87°   Az: 129.91°   Direction: 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.

Image of 39 Cancri star
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

08h 41m 33s
+19° 54’ 59”
21h 53m 06s
06h 34m 40s

J2000

08h 40m 06s
+20° 00’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

205.51°
32.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 39 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Giant

0.11
G8III
4791K

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

HR 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.

180.18
587.39
35 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO80333
SAO80333

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°
Max altitude: 58.4°
Azimuth: 289.9°