53 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:07 | Tran: 15:53 | Set: 0:39

Alt: 60.32° Az: 132.38° Direction: South-West

53 Cancri is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Cancer.

53 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 54m 00s

Declination +28° 09’ 42”

Hour Angle 22h 21m 57s

Sidereal Time 07h 15m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 52m 28s

Declination +28° 15’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 196.87°

Galactic Latitude 37.66°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.23

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.94

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.62

Temperature 3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

53 Cancri is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 53 Cancri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.23

Secondary star magnitude 9.73

Magnitude difference 3.5

Separation 43.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Cancri is distant 885.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 271.74

Distance (light year) 885.87

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 53 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD75716

SAO Catalogue SAO80476

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43575

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 1659

General Catalogue of Variable Stars BO Cnc

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.8° RISE 7:07

Max altitude: 66.7° TRANSIT 15:53

Azimuth: 298.2° SET 0:39

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer