46 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:14 | Tran: 10:23 | Set: 19:32

Alt: 31.82° Az: 280.52° Direction: West

46 Cancri is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Cancer.

46 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, 46 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 46m 51s

Declination +30° 36’ 23”

Hour Angle 05h 04m 21s

Sideral Time 13h 51m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 45m 21s

Declination +30° 41’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 193.45°

Galactic Latitude 36.71°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 46 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.13

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 476.61

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 46 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74485

SAO Catalogue SAO61029

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP42954

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 1876

FK5 Catalogue 2690

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 46 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.4° RISE 1:14

Max altitude: 69.1° TRANSIT 10:23

Azimuth: 300.6° SET 19:32

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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