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49 Cancri

Altitude: -28.4°   Azimuth: 358.3°   Direction: North

49 Cancri is a variable star in the constellation of Cancer.

49 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its reltive faintness, 49 Cancri should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 49 Cancri is -0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 49 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 49 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 49 Cancri

5.66

49 Cancri is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -28.4°
Azimuth: 358.3°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 49 Cancri

49 Cancri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 49 Cancri are provided in the following table:

08h 44m 44s
+10° 04’ 54”
216.71°
29.71°
Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 49 Cancri in the sky:

Finder chart 49 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 49 Cancri.

Visibility of 49 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 49 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: 79.9°
Max altitude: 48.6°
Azimuth: 280.1°

Distance of 49 Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

49 Cancri is distant 407.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

125.00 pc
407.50 ly
24 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/year
-0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 49 Cancri

49 Cancri belongs to spectral class A1 49 Cancri is also a EuCr chemically peculiar star.

0.18
A1
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 49 Cancri

SAO98089
SAO98089