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Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:18
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5 Cancri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:19 | Tran: 4:47 | Set: 12:11
Alt: -21.58°   Az: 10.31°   Direction: North

5 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cancer.

5 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, 5 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 5 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 5 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Cancri during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 02m 55s
+16° 23’ 05”
12h 39m 57s
20h 42m 53s

J2000

08h 01m 30s
+16° 27’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

205.43°
22.71°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 5 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 5 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.99
Main-sequence

0.19
B9V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Cancri is distant 471.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

144.72
471.78
-12 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO97485
SAO97485

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.6°
Max altitude: 54.9°
Azimuth: 286.4°