46 Cancri

46 Cancri is a giant star in the constellation of Cancer.

46 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its reltive faintness, 46 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 46 Cancri:

Color of 46 Cancri ⬤

Magnitude of 46 Cancri 6.13

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 46 Cancri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 69°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 46 Cancri

46 Cancri is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 46 Cancri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 08h 45m 21s

Declination J2000 +30° 41’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 193.45°

Galactic Latitude 36.71°

Constellation Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 46 Cancri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 46 Cancri.

Visibility of 46 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 46 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: 59.3° RISE 7:48

Max altitude: 69.2° TRANSIT 16:57

Azimuth: 300.7° SET 2:11

RIGHT NOW 46 Cancri is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 46 Cancri

The image below is a photograph of 46 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 46 Cancri is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 46 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Cancri during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 46 Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

46 Cancri is distant 476.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 146.20 pc

Distance (light year) 476.61 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 46 Cancri

46 Cancri belongs to spectral class G5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature of 46 Cancri 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 46 Cancri

Flamsteed designation 46 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74485

SAO Catalogue SAO61029

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42954

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 1876

FK5 Catalogue 2690

In Evidence

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