5 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:15 | Tran: 17:40 | Set: 1:08

Alt: 46.65° Az: 227.86° Direction: South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 08h 02m 56s

Declination +16° 23’ 00”

Hour Angle 02h 08m 10s

Sidereal Time 10h 11m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 01m 30s

Declination +16° 27’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 205.43°

Galactic Latitude 22.71°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.99

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.19

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

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

Distance (parsec) 144.72

Distance (light year) 471.78

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD65873

SAO Catalogue SAO97485

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39236

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 1612

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° RISE 10:15

Max altitude: 54.9° TRANSIT 17:40

Azimuth: 286.4° SET 1:08

Set Location

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