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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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49 Cancri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:10 | Tran: 17:59 | Set: 0:48
Alt: 41.82°   Az: 221.38°   Direction: South-West

49 Cancri is a variable star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cancer.

49 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, 49 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 46m 07s
+09° 59’ 17”
02h 00m 03s
10h 46m 11s

J2000

08h 44m 44s
+10° 04’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

216.71°
29.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 49 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.66
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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
407.50
24 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO98089
SAO98089

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.0°
Max altitude: 48.5°
Azimuth: 280.0°